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The European Standard Organisation (CEN) is currently defining a European Standard for electronic invoicing. It has appointed a dedicated Committee (CEN TC434) to conceptualise and design the standard. The Three Pillars: a European Standard, CEN and CEF eInvoicing What's the story? In April 2014, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2014/55/EC on electronic invoicing in public procurement. The Directive aims at facilitating the use of electronic invoices by economic operators when supplying goods, works and services to the public administration. The Directive sets out the legal framework for the broad use and definition of a European standard (EN) for e-Invoicing. The conception and design of the standard is carried out by the European Standardisation Committee (CEN). |
Starting in November 2018, all contracting authorities and contracting entities will be mandated to receive and process e-Invoices complying with the European standard. Member States can grant an extra year to their local authorities to comply with the standard.
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