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title: "LegalTexts – API-Referenz · Quittio"
description: "Legal mentions of French invoices, from the pack's language files (resources/lang/{locale}/legal.php)."
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> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://quittio.dev/llms.txt)

[API reference](https://quittio.dev/docs/api) / [Quittio](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio) \\ [Country](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country) \\ [FR](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/FR) \\ [Texts](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/FR/Texts)

# LegalTexts

final class in quittio/country-fr

`Quittio\Country\FR\Texts\LegalTexts` · [Source](https://github.com/Quittio/quittio/blob/v0.7.1/packages/country-fr/src/Texts/LegalTexts.php#L15)

Legal mentions of French invoices, from the pack's language files (resources/lang/{locale}/legal.php).

Not reviewed by a tax adviser yet (see the README of the pack).

## Constants \#

| Constant | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `LATE_PAYMENT` | `'late_payment'` | Late payment penalties, the fixed indemnity of 40 EUR and the discount (art. L441-9 and L441-10 Code de commerce). |
| `SELF_BILLING` | `'self_billing'` | |
| `VAT_ON_DEBITS` | `'vat_on_debits'` | The option to pay VAT on debits (art. 242 nonies A CGI, from 1 September 2026). |

## Methods \#

| Method | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `::text()` | The text in the locale's language, French for other languages. |

### `text()`#

```
public static function text(string $key, ?string $locale = null): string
```

static

The text in the locale's language, French for other languages.

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `$key` | `string` | |
| `$locale` | `?string` = `null` | |

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code>string</code></dd>
</dl>

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"E-Rechnungen für PHP und Laravel: ZUGFeRD, XRechnung und Peppol erstellen, prüfen, lesen und archivieren.","inLanguage":"de-DE","name":"Quittio","url":"https://quittio.dev/","publisher":{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#identity"},"workTranslation":{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/en#website"}},{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/FR/Texts/LegalTexts#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"Legal mentions of French invoices, from the pack's language files (resources/lang/{locale}/legal.php).","name":"LegalTexts – API-Referenz","url":"https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/FR/Texts/LegalTexts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/FR/Texts/LegalTexts"]}],"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#logo"}},{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#identity","@type":"Organization","description":"Open-Source-Bibliothek für E-Rechnungen in PHP und Laravel (ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Peppol) und Quittio Managed.","email":"kontakt@niklasforst.de","legalName":"Niklas Forst – Softwareentwicklung","name":"Quittio","url":"https://quittio.dev","founder":{"@type":"Person","name":"Niklas Forst","url":"https://quittio.dev/ueber"},"logo":{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#logo"},"sameAs":["https://github.com/Quittio/quittio","https://packagist.org/packages/quittio/quittio"]},{"@id":"https://quittio.dev/#logo","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Quittio","contentUrl":"https://quittio.dev/logo.png","inLanguage":"de-DE","url":"https://quittio.dev/logo.png"}]}
```