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Results of the Expert Group on e-Invoicing

Results of the Expert Group on e-Invoicing. Antonio Conte European Commission – DG Enterprise and Industry Unit D4 ‘ICT for Competitiveness and Innovation’ Brussels, 24 November 2009. Expert Group on e-Invoicing. Deliverables. Delivered so far… Mid-Term Report

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Results of the Expert Group on e-Invoicing

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  1. Resultsof the Expert Group on e-Invoicing Antonio ConteEuropean Commission – DG Enterprise and IndustryUnit D4 ‘ICT for Competitiveness and Innovation’ Brussels, 24 November 2009

  2. Expert Group on e-Invoicing Deliverables • Delivered so far… • Mid-Term Report • Code of Practice on e-invoicing in Europe • Provide guidance to tax authorities and businesses • To be published by end-November 2009 : • European e-Invoicing (EEI) Framework • Basis for common business rules and e-invoicing services across Europe • Increase incentives for electronic trade • Create a business-friendly environment • SME guidelines

  3. Key RecommendationsRecommendation 1: Meeting the needs of SMEs Recommendation 2: Harmonisation of the legal and VAT frameworkRecommendation 3: Achieving interoperabilityRecommendation 4: Adoption of the CII v.2Recommendation 5: Implementation of the EEIF Recommendation 6: Promotion

  4. Recommendation 1 – Main principles: SMEs business requirements should be met, e.g. by the use of a common invoice standard, through easy-to-use e-invoicing solutions and tools, clear legal and compliance requirements. Recommendation 2 – Main principles: Paper and e-invoices should be treated equally, Member States to adopt Commission’s proposal for a new VAT Directive COM(2009) 21 final, stakeholders to adopt the Code of Practice, clarity of legal requirements.Recommendation 3 – Main principles: Maximum interoperability and reach should be achievede.g. by the use of common and non-proprietary European and international standards, by the development of an interoperable electronic addressing and routing process, by the use of good practice guidelines as self assessment tools.

  5. Recommendation 4 – Main principles: All actors to adopt the UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice (CII) v.2 as the common reference semantic data model upon which future e-invoice content standard solutions are based. Convergence in the area of syntax and methodology expression should be pursued. UN/CEFACT and ISO to collaborate on CII.Recommendation 5 – Main principles:Set up of national e-invoicing bodies, and of a European Forum. Execution of specific standardisation work.Recommendation 6 – Main Principles:Execution of communication actions.

  6. FurtherInformation… DG ENTR/D4 e-Invoicing web site: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e-invoicing

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