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Thank you all for your highly valuable contributions to our consultation on the future of eInvoicing!
On 9 June, we organised an online session, which allowed you to directly discuss these important topics with Commission representatives and eInvoicing experts.
Need for a lasting and common European Standard on eInvoicing (EN)
eInvoicing Directive mandates the national and sub-national contracting authorities to reInvoices compliant with the European standard on eInvoicing. This EU standard was created and published by CEN TC434 to provide the eInvoicing stakeholders with the essential elements that an electronic invoice should consider to comply with the relevant legal provisions.
unchanged national standard on eInvoicing (for four years) enabled the eInvoicing adoption in most of the municipalities. According to some eInvoicing stakeholders, too frequent releases of the standard w from the service providers to comply with the EU standard on eInvoicing.
Interoperability and Transport Infrastructure
Tthe eInvoicing solution, infrastructure and network when exchanging eInvoicing.
the EU market fragmentation due to the lack of uniformity among the eInvoicing system implemented. To cope with this challenge and enhance the alignment among the Member States and economical players (i.e. B2B and service providers), some contributors suggests the possible To do so, these same experts that the eInvoicing framework should be formally supported by policy makers while other opinions state that this take-up should happen via onboarding activities and "softer measures".
SMEs and private sector onboarding
The eInvoicing Directive scope is limited to business to government exchanges (B2G).
In some eInvoicing stakeholder's opinion, tis to enhance the eInvoicing adoption among the . According to the inputs received via the online consultation, ate that a rapid SMEs and service providers' mass-adoption of eInvoicing is critical. The eInvoicing democratisation would lead to shorter payment terms, eProcurement automation and reduce processing costs.
Other eInvoicing experts emphasize onboarding activities are of the
Further legislative support for adopting and monitoring eInvoicing
Some eInvoicing experts state that policy guidance is needed to enable the national governments to have common indicators for e Thesecould then serve as a reference for encouraging B2B eInvoicing transmissions and show the benefits of eInvoicing.
tions would help having standardised data and common best-practices when pushing for the companies' eInvoicing adoption. Especially during the current period, companies to find applicable eInvoicing solutions to their businesses to cope with the remote work. To avoid a proliferation of ad-hoc eInvoicing solutions, experts to ensure interoperability and efficiency.
Ensure cooperation on eInvoicing and VAT, Continuous Transaction Control (CTC) and Clearance (alignment with eTax)
The European standard on eInvoicing and the SAF-T standard used by national tax authorities differs. . In the online consultation, some eInvoicing stakeholders state that th. Some eInvoicing experts are in favour of a standard harmonisation and mention the technical benefits and innovation resulting
Other eInvoicing experts pointed out the necessary alignment of eInvoicing with CTC and EU clearance obligations. transmission of eInvoicing including tax information should be reported in real-time to tax administrations.
Ensure increased security due to process digitalisation
eI and opens the door to IT improvement in eProcurement (article:"eInvoicing: Making public procurement more attractive to businesses within the EU").
At the EU level, the Cyber security Act published by the National Cybersecurity Agency of France (A in June 2019 reinforce.
the reduction of human intervention and automation of IT systems. T infrastructure and their own protection/ safety and fraud identification.
Fully integrate eInvoicing in an automated eProcurement process
The homogenised structure a reduction of human intervention when processing eInvoices. In this sense, eInvoicing leads to process automation and the reduction of manual processing. This is an opportunity to lower the risk of human mistake and operational costs.
Based on the online contributions received, some eInvoicing stakeholders are in favour of automating fully the eInvoicing process and to link eInvoicing work to
Online contributions
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