EU Norm EN16931 makes E-Invoicing happen
stands Invoice.fans gives access to all information – including industry profiles
Managers of companies and public authorities share common thoughts: E-invoicing saves time and money for all participants. Today a European Standard for electronic invoicing was published: the European Norm EN1931. The norm implements the European Directive 2014/55/EU on electronic invoicing in public procurement. By transposing it to national law it becomes mandatory for public authorities. The usage specification XRechnung, which was adopted by the German „IT-Planungsrat“ last week, is the basis for the implementation of EN16931 for Germany’s public authorities.
By publishing the European Norm organizations still waiting to start implementing of e-invoicing will get momentum while increasing planning reliability.
European invoicing experts realized immediately that not every user will need all information of the European core invoice for their implementation. Due to this reason the norm describes requirements for creating subsets – the so called Core Invoice Usage Specifications (CIUS). As a single point of information about the European core invoice and its corresponding CIUS, GEFEG makes the portal Invoice.fans available for free to all interested users. Currently there are Core Invoice Usage Specification being developed in different European member states. Invoice.fans gives access to their drafts.
E-Invoicing specifications
Specifications being available on Invoice.fans will be ZUGFeRD 2.0, which in Europe is called Factur-X. The specification is compliant and conformant to EN16931 while defining a hybrid e-invoicing format. It has been developed between Germany and France. The German public authorities’ format XRechnung will be available as well as ZUGFeRCH, which is a Swiss specification based on ZUGFeRD 1.0. Final versions of these formats are expected to be available in October 2017.
For interested users and industry associations a free tool will be available soon which supports the creation of CIUS that are compliant to the European Norm. By making those CIUS available at invoice.fans all interested users get access to this information. The validation of individual invoice messages against those CIUS is included in the service.
“We want to turn organisations working on the introduction of e-invoicing into fans of electronic invoicing. By launching invoice.fans we foster a fast and reliable implementation of the new invoice formats. In addition it is very important to promote the development of standard-compliant profiles of electronic invoicing standards. In many discussions with invoicing experts it was asked, how industry specific requirements can be implemented while staying compliant to the standard.” explains Andreas Pelekies, Senior Consultant and e-Invoicing expert on national and international level. “With the new CIUS tool profiles can be created easily and fast that are interoperable to the standards and thus can be implemented on a reliable base. ”
About GEFEG
For more than 25 years the focus of GEFEG activities has been on the subject of standardization and interfaces for electronic data exchange. Based on this approach GEFEG supports the development of electronic invoicing formats. GEFEG solutions provide productivity increases and optimized data interface development to connect business processes and plan, map, and manage their relevant business content throughout the entire application cycle.
The GEFEG.FX software stands for the development and management of data models, eStandards and interfaces,. The GEFEG.Portal for publishing interfaces, on-boarding and community management. GEFEG offers consulting support, training courses and workshops on eBusiness topics and other solutions. As an active member of national and international committees, such as DIN, UN/CEFACT, EDIFICE, DISA, GEFEG is also involved in the development of interfaces for industries, companies and global standard organizations. The practical experience gained in consulting and standardization as well as the use of in-house solutions complement each other and help GEFEG further expand its recognized status as a specialist for business interfaces.
Contact
GEFEG Gesellschaft für Elektronischen Geschäftsverkehr mbH
Andreas Pelekies
Storkower Straße 206
10369 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 030 / 97 99 14-0
Andreas.pelekies@gefeg.com
www.gefeg.com
