CEN ISSS workshop e-invoicing A Allikas Tg5 V 1.0[1]

Task 5:Interconnection of service providers

Ahti AllikasJari Salo

FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE OF INVOICE OPERATORS THROUGHOUT EUROPE

eInvoicing & Compliance

Group Members

Ahti Allikas (Chair)Jari Salo (Tech. ed.)Francis BerthomieuMaria Jesús Garcia MartinGuido ColonnelliSören LennartsonOliver van der Linden

Peter PotgieserFranco RuggieriHeli SalmiGiso SchoderChristian TannerVito Umberto VavalliLothar Winkelbauer


Agenda

Introduction of working group 5Why interconnectivity is important?Main topics

points under discussionrecommendations to be made

Topics out of scopeReferences


Growth from 2006 to 2007

Why interconnectivity is important?

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Service providers

B2B eInvoices (Mill.)

B2B Participants(thousands)


E-Invoicing & EBPP European Market OverviewFebruary 2007(Bruno Koch, Billentis)

Main objective for TG5

development of interconnectivity criteria for eInvoice operators in Europe;development a validation criteria for eInvoice operator;drafting a recommendation for common eInvoice address registry structure within EU


… in order to:

to develop a common basis for eInvoice operators in different country;to ensure smooth and reliable eInvoice traffic between operators;to simplify the eInvoice addressing;


Topics covered–Interconnection Scenarios

Domestic, cross-border, regionalOne or many operators

Operator CriteriasConversion ChallengesAuthenticity and Integrity (WG3)


Supplier Operator 1

CustomerOperator 2Supplier

Operator 1

CustomerOperator 2

Operator 3

Topics covered–Third party services

Address Registryminimum data contentbasic user and security featuresaddressing schemes

Operator Certificationvalidation criteria for operators


Topics covered –Interconnection between operators #1

Legal requirements for operatorsWG2 – Compliance of electronic invoices

Addressing and routingDifferent addressing schemasDifferent address options

Functional acknowledgementnext party acknowledgmentend-to-end acknowledgment


Topics covered –Interconnection between operators #2

Format conversion between operatorsdefinition of original invoicequestion about content and/or format

Common formatminimum data content

Interconnectivity agreementsminimum requirementsoperations and SLA


Example of basic documentation

CEN CWA 15581, Guidelines for eInvoicing Service ProvidersUN/CEFACT Recommendation 26, The Commercial Use of Interchange Agreements for Electronic Data InterchangeFinnish eInvoicing Forum: Service Level Criteria for OperatorsGuide D’interoperabilite des plateformes de dematerialisation fiscale de factures by EDIFranceto be completed


Topics out of scope

Commercial models between operatorsVAT issuesLegal issues for eInvoice contentCore components and other technical specificationsRecommendations on technical solutions


Co-operation with e-Invoicing Expert Group

Common member(s)Regular discussionsExchange of deliverables


Thank you

Questions/comments?

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