CEF e Invoicing Stakeholder Day 2016 Brussels 1

CEF e. Invoicing Stakeholder Day 2016 Brussels, 1 December Irena Riviere-Osipov, Policy Officer in charge of e. Invoicing, UNIT G 4 DG GROW

Y Overview of CEF e. Invoicing and policy objectives

From the Directive to present • Directive 2014/55/EU on e. Invoicing in public procurement calls for: • European e. Invoicing standard (EN) to be developed and tested by CEN • All CAs and CEs in the EU obliged to receive and process electronic invoices compliant with the new standard by latest 27 November 2019 • BUT: • Minimum of 18 months from the publication of the EN in the Publication Office • Possibility to postpone deadline for regional and local authorities for a further 12 months, when a Member State requires Scope • Only invoices covered by EU Public Procurement Directives • Only invoices submitted to the public sector • Covers all public authorities (national, regional, local)

What is going on • CEN TC 434 and several WG: Semantic data model, list of syntaxes and other ancillary deliverables: • guidelines on transmission • guidelines on country extensions • syntax bindings • Guidelines at transmission level • Extension methodology • Test methodology and test results • Over 600 comments received on the Semantic Data Model in the CEN public inquiry • Different positions on the syntaxes issues: from 5 to 1 • Call for grants 2016: up to 15 December 2016

e. Invoicing: Common Goals towards the Directive 2014/55/EU • TC 434 agreement on a limited list of syntaxes: common objective achieved (only two) • Semantic model stable • Need to keep timing of the Directive

CEF e. Invoicing: Objectives for 2017 EC activities Objectives e. Invoicing readiness checker and 2017 State of play report launched (January – February) The road to the European Standard (February onwards) › Make the e. Invoicing maturity selfassessment tool & Knowledge Base available (profile pages and country sheets) › Raise awareness of e. Invoicing Directive and services made available via CEF e. Invoicing › Go-live of the e. Invoicing readiness checker by January 2017 › Communication campaign on e. Invoicing Directive and CEF services › Launch of 2017 state of play report process › Help stakeholders prepare (nationally-focused webinars, social media campaign and direct mailing) The launch of the e. Invoicing Standard (Summer onwards) › Raise awareness of e. Invoicing Standard › Promote 2017 e. Invoicing call for grants › Event on the European Standard on e. Invoicing › Communication campaign on the e. Invoicing standard (information sessions)

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