Greece (2019 eInvoicing Country Sheet)

eInvoicing platform and eInvoicing management solution

The transposition of the European Directive on eInvoicing (2014/55/EU) into Greek law was adopted in the first quarter of 2019 (4601/2019). The transposition aligns with the text and scope of the Directive and mandates the formation of two groups to further work on the details regarding the adoption of the semantic model of eInvoice and the architecture of eInvoicing in Greece.  

eInvoicing platform and eInvoicing management solutions

Further to a successful application to the 2016 CEF Telecom Call for eInvoicing, funding was allocated to a consortium of three public agencies, three private entities and a university to implement an interoperable eInvoicing infrastructure in Greece. The Interoperable eInvoicing in Greece (GRinv) programme will implement the PEPPOL ‘four corner model’ to process B2G eInvoices. It started in the autumn of 2017 and will end in May 2019.

The three public entities include the General Secretariat of Digital Policy which has the mandate to coordinate all digital Society actions in the public Sector from a strategic perspective, General Secretariat of Commerce and Consumer Protection which operates the ESIDIS eProcurement system which will be enabled to receive and process standardised eInvoices for the purposes of contract execution, and the General Secretariat of Information Systems which operates General Accounting Office of State (GAOS) and its back-office system will be enabled to handle standardized eInvoices for the purposes of expense approval, processin and payment.

Private eInvoicing Service Providers will adapt their systems for creating eInvoices according to the European Norm and submitting them through eDelivery.

The consortium is being coordinated by the University of Piraeus (department of Digital Systems) with strong technical expertise in the domain of eInvoicing through its involvement and active participation in the PEPPOL and the e-SENS LSPs. 

Approach for receiving and processing eInvoices

Currently, there is no standardised approach to eInvoicing in Greece. The electronic submission of invoices is not mandatory. There are currently several private eInvoicing service providers, such as IMPACT, RETAIL-LINK, SINGULARLOGIC, which allow economic operators to submit their invoices to contracting authorities electronically. Economic operators can submit their eInvoices using various standards. The Greek government authorities taking also into account the work done in GRinv are working on evaluating best practices on eInvoicing in Europe. They are considering of adopting the PEPPOL network and 4 corner model.

Status on the implementation of the European Standard on eInvoicing (EN)

Greece is currenly working on the PEPPOL CIUS and the specification of the country specific rules.

Additional information

Greece participated in the PEPPOL Large-Scale Pilot and tested the electronic procurement system for public administrations (e-Prior). 

Last updated:  Jun 11, 2019 10:41