Endtoend e Procurement Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation

End-to-end e. Procurement Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation Brussels, 25 March 2014 Marc Christopher Schmidt DG Markt, Unit C 4 e. Procurement and Economic Analysis

The economic context • Public expenditure is 19% of EU GDP • Word Bank estimates that e. Proc can trigger savings between 6 and 13. 5% of total public procurement • e. Proc will contribute in terms of fiscal consolidation 2

Advantages of e. Proc • Cut of administrative burden • Improved transparency, accountability, traceability • Reduced litigation, corruption, fraud • Better monitoring 3

The Commission fosters e. Proc • Communication on "end-to-end e. Procurement" • The new PP Directives • The new e. Invoice Directive 4

1. Com "end-to-end e. Procurement" • Communication from the Commission from 2013 • Is about transition to full e. Procurement • Covers pre-award and post-award • Opportunity re-think procurement processes • http: //eur-lex. europa. eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/HTML/? uri=CELEX: 52013 DC 0453&rid=1 5

2. The new PP Directives • Published end of March 2014 • Makes e. Proc mandatory for PP in 2018 • Has more "e" elements in it • e. Notices, e. Access, e. Submission • e. Certis, ESPD (Electronic Single Procurement Document) • http: //eur-lex. europa. eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/HTML/? uri=CELEX: 32014 L 0024&rid=1 6

3. The new e. Invoice Directive • All public authorities must allow receipt of e. Invoices by 2020 (CPBs by 2019) if compliant to the EU standard • New European e. Invoicing standard by CEN • Based on existing standards • 3 Years • Published April/May 2014 7

Next steps • Setup of European Forum on e. Procurement (EFEP) • Participants are MS and Standardization Bodies • Support the transition to e. Proc • Planned to start October 2014 • Developing of interpretative guideline on Directive • Support of interoperability initiatives like e. SENS 8

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