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The results from the eDelivery Interoperability Event

We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who participated in the first sessions of the Interoperability Event on 11 & 25 June. Your engagement and contributions were invaluable. For presentation slides that include more context information, see the event page.

The primary objective of the Interoperability Event is to test the new cryptography introduced in the 2024 drafts of the eDelivery AS4 profile 2.0 specifications.

The next session is scheduled for Tuesday, 1 October at 14 CEST. It is planned for three hours and will follow the same format as the first sessions, with further proof-of-concept AS4 implementations that were not ready this time around. If you wish to participate, please register and send us the digital certificates.

If you want to join us on 1 October

We need every person in the meeting agree with the privacy statement. Please make your colleagues sign up if they are coming with you to the Interoperability Event.

If you want your AS4 solution included in the testing

To take part in the testing, share certificates and details about connection so we can set the testing environment up.

Our testing sessions are conducted remotely via Webex and Microsoft Teams. We pair participating AS4 solutions to let them exchange simple messages with each other. For detailed information, please refer to our technical guidance.

The eDelivery team is looking forward to seeing you on 1 October. Following the event, we plan on publishing a comprehensive report. In case of questions, please reach out.

eDelivery Building Block

eDelivery is a Building Block provided by the European Commission, offering technical specifications, installable software and services for secure digital data exchange across a network of nodes.

The eDelivery specifications include the eDelivery AS4 profile, an open technical specification ensuring secure, payload-agnostic and reliable data exchange; the eDelivery SMP profile, designed for publishing service metadata within a 4-corner network; the eDelivery BDXL profile, which enables locating Access Points within the network; and the eDelivery ebCore Party ID profile, a technical specification for the recommended notation for party addressing.

Domibus is the sample software provided by the European Commission to implement an eDelivery Service Metadata Publisher for publishing and retrieving data necessary for an eDelivery party to dynamically configure its system for message exchange with other parties using eDelivery. It is based on the eDelivery AS4 profile, an open technical specification for the secure, web-based, payload-agnostic exchange of data or documents. There are numerous other products and services currently conformant with the eDelivery AS4 1.15 profile. We invite projects to browse the full list before choosing their AS4 software.

Stay tuned for the latest updates on eDelivery services by checking the Building Block's X and web page. For more information, do not hesitate to register for personalised news or contact us via our portal or by email: EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu.