CEF eInvoicing VATEX and validation artefact update, Autumn 2020
The European Commission is happy to announce the publication of updated validation artefacts for the European standard on eInvoicing and VATEX code list.
The European standard on eInvoicing (EN 16931) defines rules that allow people using the standard to check that an invoice complies with this standard, which are expressed in technical validation artefacts. The CEF eInvoicing team manages these validation artefacts and their releases. This release is scheduled to become effective on 15 November 2020, meaning compliant implementations of EN 16931 shall have the new version in operation.
The CEF team is also happy to announce an update to the VATEX code list. The European standard defines which code lists may be used for each business term that has the data type "code", such as electronic address, VAT number, etc. This release is subsequent to the recent EAS code list update.
The Commission provides a Registry of supporting technical resources (validation artefacts, code lists, etc.) to implement the European standard on eInvoicing. You can receive email notifications for each update to the items included in the registry (such as these code lists) directly on the dedicated page in the CEF eInvoicing User Community (simply follow the instructions at the bottom of the page).
CEF eInvoicing
The European Commission supports public administrations comply with Directive 2014/55/EU on electronic invoicing in public procurement with the CEF eInvoicing Building Block.