CEF eInvoicing: EAS Code List Update, May 2020
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The European Commission has released an update to the Electronic Address Scheme (EAS) code lists managed under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The CEF eInvoicing Building Block serves as the managing authority for the Electronic Address Scheme (EAS) code list in the European standard on eInvoicing (EN 169 31). CEF has published an interim release of the EAS code list following a request from BOSA in Belgium for an interim release that adds code 0208 to the EAS codelist. This is to support the initiation of its Hermes project. This release takes place after consultation with stakeholders represented in the CEF Advisory Group,
To maintain consistency and full support to the ICD code list, this release includes adding codes 0205 to 0208 to the list of ICD codes to be supported in implementations of EN 16931. The EN 16931 validation artefacts that are maintained by CEF, on request of CEN/TC434, have been updated to support this new code list version. The effective date for this release is 30 June 2020, by which all implementations of EN 16931 shall have been updated to support this release of the validation artefacts and code lists.
The next regular release of the EAS code list, as well as the VATEX code list will be as scheduled on 4 September 2020 following a deadline of Request for Changes on 21 August 2020. An update to the EN 16931 validation artefacts will follow on 2 October 2020.
CEF Digital 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.
The Directive mandated the creation of a European standard on eInvoicing. The European standard makes it possible for sellers to send invoices to many customers by using a single eInvoicing format. This means they do not have to adjust their sending and/or receiving to connect with individual trading parties.
CEF eInvoicing makes the following services available: