Changes to Timeline for Publication of eInvoicing Standard

In order to help counter the proliferation of eInvoicing standards and syntaxes coexisting in the Member States, which leads to increased complexity in term of cross-border interoperability, Directive 2014/55/EU calls for the definition of a common European standard at semantic level and additional standardisation deliverables which will enhance interoperability at the syntax level.

At this point, work to establish the standard is ongoing, done by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and supported by the European Commission and Member States. 

The European Commission is aware that, due to the complexity of the topics to be dealt with and the challenging timeline foreseen in the the Standardisation Request, CEN faces some difficulties in keeping the timeline agreed. This might lead to a slight adaptation of the timeline of the Directive. An important appointment for the advancement of things is the next plenary of the CEN TC434 (the Technical Committee working on eInvoicing) on 12-13 October 2016, in Barcelona. 

News on the foreseen time of publication, plus related information - especially regarding changes to the timeline set out by Directive 2014/55/EU itself - will be published here.

In addition to Directive 2014/55/EU, the purpose of the CEF eInvoicing building block itself is to promote the uptake and accelerate the use of eInvoicing in full compliance with the (forthcoming) European standard, amongst both public and private entities established in the EU, as well as in participating EEA countries.