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Ministry of Public Administration (policy making) Provision of Payment Services to Budget Users Act (Zakon o opravljanju plačilnih storitev za proračunske uporabnike (Uradni list RS, št. 77/16 in 47/19)) YES Use of the extra year for compliance of non-central entities (by ) NO Receiving and processing: Central, regional and local authorities Standard(s)* (*European Standard on eInvoicing mandatory for contracting authorities since ) e-SLOG (national XML standard based on EDIFACT - EANCOM) – mandatory standard NO CIUS project on-going eInvoicing has been mandatory in Slovenia since 1 January 2015. Provision of Payment Services to Budget Users Act mandates the use of eInvoices in billing for public procurement. The use of eInvoices is fully applied in the public sector (B2G and G2G). The law further mandates the use of the Public Payments’ Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (PPA) eInvoicing system and details its tasks. The transposition of the eInvoicing Directive (2014/55/EU) into Slovenian law is contained in Act Amending the Provision of Payment Services to Budget Users Act. In Slovenia, it is mandatory that eInvoices in B2G and G2G are sent through the PPA eInvoicing system. eInvoices can be transmitted by economic operators through different channels (such as web-services, a dedicated web-portal, etc.) and by using different market solutions. The vast majority of eInvoices in Slovenia are exchanged via eInvoicing networks providers. BizBox network provided by ZZI and Bankart Banks Network are the main eInvoicing solution providers used by public entities and economic operators in Slovenia. Major Slovenian providers of enterprise software solutions (Enterprise Resources Planning solutions, accounting solutions and others) have their own dedicated software solutions, which are then integrated with those of the eInvoicing network providers. This enables their users to engage in a broader ecosystem to exchange eInvoices with all network participants, without any additional costs. This enables the interaction between different networks with the highest possible degree of automation. Users are not required to use additional software solutions for sending and receiving eInvoices and other business documents. In Slovenia, economic operators send all eInvoices to the PPA through its central eInvoicing system (PPA eInvoicing system). Economic operators can submit eInvoices: A centralised eInvoicing model is in operation, and used by 2 756 contracting authorities on the date of the preparation of this factsheet. Portal UJP eračun, PEPPOL is used to deal with eInvoices received from non-domestic suppliers. Since the 1 January 2015, public authorities must receive and process eInvoices. At the sub-central level, the European standard is fully implemented, in parallel of the usage of e-SLOG (national standard). Slovenia has no CIUS but an Extension named "e-Slog 2.0" communicated through the National registry of recipients of eInvoices. The main identified benefits of the implementation of eInvoicing at the sub-central level are cost and operational savings, the reduction of administrative b burden and optimization of time to payments and the contribution to process automation. Most of the eInvoices processing is done automatically and all budget users can use ePayment services. The new version of e-SLOG standard (version 2.0) is compliant with the EN. e-SLOG 2.0 is based on UN/EDIFACT INVOIC syntax as this syntax is wide-spread in Slovenia among economic operators. The Public Payment Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (PPA) is the single entry and exit point for the exchange of eInvoices with budget users, and it processes all the B2G and G2G eInvoices. Currently, budget users receive and issue eInvoices in the e-SLOG standard version 1.6. The PPA developed the following solutions in order to enable budget users to receive eInvoices in the EU standard: The PPA upgraded its entry point so that it now includes access points for eDelivery in accordance with the eDelivery AS4 and OpenPEPPOL AS2 profiles, thus enabling budget users to receive eInvoices submitted in the European standard. PPA is connected to PEPPOL since 2018. The Exchange Hub is an additional Slovenian eInvoicing entry point intended for all contracting entities other than budget users. The Exchange hub is operated by network provider ZZI and provides users the same set of functionality for eInvoicing in accordance with the eInvoicing Directive and the EN as the PPA's single entry and exit point for budget users. The ZZI's Exchange hub is also certified PEPPOL access point. Currently, this Exchange hub operates as a background service with its APIs intended for automated eInvoicing and does not have graphic user interfaces (GUI). Today, the ROSE2 project is being implemented, in which we will upgrade Exchange hub with a GUI. Once the project will be completed, a direct hyperlink will be added to this page, including detailed information. Slovenia established a national registry of recipients of eInvoices (including contracting authorities), providing information such as recipients’ identification numbers, connection details and supported syntaxes and standards, among others. The monitoring is ensured by the PPA eInvoicing system. Slovenia is currently developing a CIUS and some national extensions to align it with existing VAT legislation and business practices. In 2017 and 2018, PPA and other partners organised awareness raising activities (e.g. conferences, seminars and workshops) around the obligations of the eInvoicing Directive and standard. The current status is that over 90% of Slovenian public sector authorities are able to receive eInvoices according to the Directive 2014/55/EU and EN 16931. The onboarding and general communication are mainly done through the PPA eInvoicing system. Responsible
Public Payments Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (PPA), attached to the Ministry of Finance (implementation and maintenance) Legislation
B2G and G2G eInvoicing is mandatory in Slovenia since 2015 Transposed the Directive 2014/55/EU Mandatory for Platform PPA eInvoicing system (UJP eRačun) Use of CIUS and/or Extensions Legislation
eInvoicing platform and eInvoicing management solutions
Approach for receiving and processing eInvoices
eInvoicing implementation in sub-central level contracting authorities
Status on the implementation of the European Standard on eInvoicing (EN)
Monitoring eInvoicing implementation
Use of Core Invoicing Usage Specifications (CIUS) at national level
Additional information
You can also access the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 eInvoicing Country Sheets via the eInvoicing User Community.
VERIFIED BY EMSFEI MEMBERLast updated:
Feb 03, 2021 15:46
Status | VERIFIED BY EMSFEI MEMBER |
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Reviewer | Jorgo Bertalanič and Rok Bojanc |
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