Lithuania - Implementation workshop

Summary

Contact point	Arūnas Cijūnaitis Chief adviser Minstry of Economic affairs Republic of Lithuania +370 687 29438 Arunas.cijunaitis@ukmin.lt
Date	25th October 2018
Venue	Ministry of Economy Gedimino 38 Vilnius, Lithuania
Room capacity	50
Target audience (and expected number of attendees)	25 participants - Service Providers, Public Sector, Tax Authorities

Content and topics to be covered

#	Modules	Your choice
1	Introduction to eInvoicing	X
2	The legal background
3	The European norm and its content	X
4	Infrastructure based on the eDelivery DSI architecture
5	eInvoicing from a user perspective (including ordering and payments)	X
6	Examples of early adopters of large scale eInvoicing – lessons learned
7	Basic XML using examples from the EN-syntaxes + mapping/conversion considerations
8	XML Validation mechanisms
9	Understanding OASIS UBL 2.1	X
10	Understanding UN/CEFACT CII D16B	X
11	Funding and grants for e-Invoicing	X
12	Introduction to the eInvoice DSI resources and tools	X
13	Introduction to CEF Digital and e-Invoice readiness checker	X

Agenda

09:00

Introduction to the European standard
The directive on electronic invoicing
Roadmap on implememtation - dates and transition
The legal background
The European norm and its content
Infrastructure based on the eDelivery DSI architecture
eInvoicing from a user perspective (including ordering and payments)
Examples of early adopters of large scale eInvoicing – lessons learned

15:30

Questions during the workshop

Question	Answers	Actions to be taken
Who are you?	8 service providers 12 public sector representatives
Do you have a profile at CEF Digital?	3 participants have a profile
Which eInvoicing formats do you currently use?
Have you started implementing the standard?
Have you bought your own copy of the standard yet?
Have you applied for CEF funding before?	2 projects already funded - 1 eDelivery and 1 eProcurement/eInvoicing
How many have looked into detail in the semantic model (EN)?
How many have looked at the PEPPOL BIS BILLING 3.0 and PEPPOL CIUS?	at least 3 service providers in the workshops
Deadline for implementing the new standard?

Representation from private sector (service providers) and public sector (government). Several projects ongoing, some funded through CEF. PEPPOL are being established and also a central service.

A few users of CEF Digital

Comment from service provider:
It is a challange for our auditors that they can't see the original image of the invoice (authenticy).
Answer from hostsI/discussion:
We have to change this practice and explain what an e-invoice is (electronic and structured). PDF is not the future for Lithuania

Comment from service provider:
Could we from Lithuania provide a free printer capture software (converting the printer stream into a structure invoicd) to the market?
Answer from EC:
On the specific topic it is difficult to assess if it's a good case, but there are several cases in the past where public sector provide open source software and it has been taken up. At the same time, similar services are already provided on a commercial basis.

Comment from service provider:
Singapore did this in 1 year - what made that work for them?
Answer from EC:
It all comes down to legacy and culture. If you carry over a lot of legacy it will take longer time to adopt new technology, legislation or change business processes. Also the culture in different societies can be a factor for adopting changes. The Nordic countries has reached the conclusion that a single agency/contact pointis the way forward to set policies, drive the adoption of the directive.

Question to audience:
Have you discussed the use of CIUS?
Answer from service providers:
Yes, because of our selected infrastructure components and will hence use the PEPPOL CIUS.

Q: Lithuanian companies can be registered on a virtual address, is that possible according to the EN?
A: Good, question, this need to be further investigated.
CEF Funding

A: Have you experience in CEF funding?
Q: Yes, several projects. It was very good and enabled both building the infrastructure and knowledge