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Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations - policy making Logius - implementation and maintenance for central government PIANOo - support and monitor implementation for local government. Municipalities, Water Boards and Provinces are individually responsable for implementation and maintanence. YES Use of the extra year for compliance of non-central entities (by ) NO Receiving and processing of eInvoices compliant with EN 16931. Multiple public and private platforms available. YES NLCIUS for EN 16931-1 Although the implementation deadline for B2G eInvoicing for all public authorities in the Netherlands is April 18th 2019, the central government announced that, from January 1st 2017, all central government suppliers can only submit invoices electronically for every new procurement contract. The Dutch government had already implemented part of the Directive 2010/45/EU in national law in 2012 (Implementation of the Billing rules Directive of 15 March 2012), simplifying rules in the field of billing regarding the levying of VAT and harmonizing the requirements for the invoicing and eInvoicing. The central government provides a central hub for exchange of messages, including eInvoices, with the contracting authorities in the Netherlands (B2G, B2C). This hub is the primary eInvoicing portal used by central government and their suppliers. It is managed by Logius, which is a department of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Simplerinvoicing was established by private parties in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate. It is not a service provider as such but it is a set of agreements between eInvoicing service providers and accounting service providers, which enable the exchange of invoices between these parties. Simplerinvoicing is the Dutch PEPPOL Authority. Economic operators can submit eInvoices in three ways: Once received by public entities, the processing of eInvoices is carried out in a semi-automated way. The processing of eInvoices by public entities depends on the maturity of their levels of automation and IT systems. Some agencies process eInvoices automatically; others manually. Public entities in the Netherlands are able to receive eInvoices in three formats: The Netherlands transposed the Directive into law through its national procurement act and is not expected to make use of the Directive’s extended deadline for sub-central authorities. The capability for contracting authorities to be included in the address network (i.e. PEPPOL SMP) was not included in the regulation, but it was provided in an additional memorandum. With the arrival of a new government following the 2017 general election, there were changes in the ministires responsible for overseeing the implementation of eInvoicing as well as all initiatives related to eGovernment. The responsibility moved from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to the Ministry of the Interior. The Netherlands developed an eInvoicing Heat Map, where suppliers can check all eInvoicing-ready government entities. It is an important tool to monitor the ongoing adoption of eInvoicing at the national level. The map is updated on a monthly basis. NLCIUS is an additional specification on the mandatory European Standard (EN) 16931 for application in the Netherlands. The European Standard (EN16931) describes the method of e-invoicing to governments and can also be used by companies. EN16931 and NLCIUS provides clarity to governments and companies about the elements and data that should be used on invoices to government organizations in the Netherlands. For more information go to Forumstandaardisatie. To meet the European eInvoicing deadline the Dutch government created a Unit Invoicing at the Public Procurement Expertise Centre (PIANOo). PIANOo was set up to professionalise the Dutch procurement and tendering process in all government departments. The Dutch government procures around €73 billion worth of work, services and supplies every year and a standardised electronic procurement, based on the European standard on eInvoicing, aims to ensure quality in government services and a sustainable market. PIANOo’s tasks are to support local government to implement eInvoicing. The Connecting European Facility (CEF) played an inspirational role in how they set-up their organisation and defined the services they provide to their stakeholders. Further information available here. The main challenges for the implementation of eInvoicing in the Netherlands relate to the issues of having asolution at a central level (i.e. Simplerinvoicing network), which presents downsides in terms of scalability and funding. There is a risk of having the technical capabilities for eInvoicing in place, but with few suppliers that have been onboarded since there is no legal obligation for suppliers to do so. Therefore, the Netherlands is currently working on making sure that suppliers are correctly onboarded onto the Simplerinvoicing network. The next steps for the implementation of eInvoicing relate to the integration of eInvoicing into the whole public procurement lifecycle.Responsible Legislation Transposed the Directive 2014/55/EU Mandatory for Standard(s) Platform Use of CIUS and/or Extensions Legislation
eInvoicing platform and eInvoicing management solutions
Approach for receiving and processing eInvoices
Status on the implementation of the European Standard on eInvoicing (EN)
Use of Core Invoicing Usage Specifications (CIUS) at national level
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Apr 16, 2019 17:21
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Reviewer | Kornelis Drijfhout & Fred Van Blommestein |
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