By admin on June 18, 2009
The draft CWA (CEN Workshop Agreement) below is now available for public comments.
Comments should be sent by 27 July 2009 to Adrian Müller and Olivier Teigen:
olivier.teitgen@afnor.org
adrian@mueller-consulting.biz
Introduction
Nowadays private and public organisations are increasingly more relying on electronic means of communications for carrying out their daily transactions for eBusiness and eGovernment purposes.
In electronic communications, to gain the trust and confidence of transacting [...]
Posted in Awareness, Definitions and Models, Featured Articles, Publications | Tagged CEN, European, European Commission, interoperability, UBL
By admin on March 20, 2009
The Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe’s repository of interoperability assets has passed an important milestone. Two new core components were provided by the French Ministry of Budget’s General Directorate for State Modernisation (DGME), pushing the number of available solutions into the triple digits.
The 100th asset is a specification of “Financial Institution” in France. It is used [...]
Posted in Recent News | Tagged administration, CEN, EDI, European, European Commission, initiative, interoperability, UBL, VAT
By admin on March 10, 2009
The European Commission organised an informal meeting in Brussels last October in order to get a clear picture about the current status, progress and implications of the convergence of the Universal Business Language (UBL) standard into standards developed by UN/CEFACT. A point of discussion was whether or not any actions – in addition to the ongoing [...]
Posted in Awareness, Featured Articles, Publications | Tagged e-invoicing, EDI, EDIFACT, European, European Commission, Expert Group, Framework, meeting, standard, standardisation, UBL, UN/Cefact
By admin on March 3, 2009
E-invoicing has not taken off as fast as its proponents might have hoped, but the economic climate might give their efforts new impetus.
The European Commission estimates that the potential cost savings of e-invoicing in the business-to-business sector will be €238 billion. The European Association for Corporate Treasurers puts the figure at €243 billion. According to [...]
Posted in Awareness, Publications | Tagged adoption, CEN, digital signature, e-invoicing, ERP, European Commission, Expert Group, interoperability, savings, SEPA, UBL, VAT
By admin on January 29, 2009
Update: The report outlines the progress made during the first year of the group’s mandate and represents an important step towards a European Electronic Invoicing Framework which the Expert Group will develop until the end of 2009. Stakeholders are invited to comment on the report until 13 March 2009. They should be sent by email to [...]
Posted in Definitions and Models, Featured Articles, Presentations, Recent News | Tagged administration, adoption, bank, CEN, consolidator, e-invoicing, EEI Platform, European Commission, Expert Group, four corner, guidelines, interoperability, standardisation, UBL
By admin on December 29, 2008
The current practice of the exchange of business documents in e-business transactions presents major opportunities to improve the competitiveness of companies. Especially the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).
The invoice is an important document exchanged in e-business transactions between trading partners. Its primary function is a request for payment from the customer to the supplier. The [...]
Posted in Publications, Recent News | Tagged CEN, EDI, European, Expert Group, invoice, member state, UBL, VAT
By AcceptEmail on December 10, 2008
Dutch solution provider AcceptEmail offers a new way of payment. Digital, safe and quick.
Posted in Members and Partners, Recent News | Tagged advantages, e-billing, e-invoicing, EEI Platform, Invoice Automation, new members, UBL
By admin on December 3, 2008
Nearly 30% of individuals use internet banking, 60% of households have internet access.
In the EU27, 60% of households had access to the internet during the first quarter of 2008, compared with 54% during the first quarter of 2007, and 48% had a broadband internet connection, compared with 42% in 2007.
These data published by Eurostat, the [...]
Posted in Publications, Recent News | Tagged bank, Europe, European, internet, member state, UBL
By admin on November 27, 2008
In the sixth progress report on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), published this week, the Governing Council of the ECB welcomed the evident progress made on this project, but emphasised that work urgently remains to be done to ensure the success of SEPA. The sixth progress report also contains a list of “Ten milestones [...]
Posted in Awareness, Publications, Recent News | Tagged administration, adoption, bank, CEN, e-invoicing, EDI, European, initiative, interoperability, Payment, SEPA, standard, standardisation, UBL, VAT
By admin on November 25, 2008
At the start of 2008, the European Commission has set up an Expert Group on the subject of electronic invoicing. The thirty members of the Expert Group should represent all key stakeholders concerning e-Invoicing. The members shall be appointed by the Commission from specialists with competence in the area of e-Invoicing on the basis of applications [...]
Posted in Awareness, Electronic Invoicing, Recent News | Tagged e-invoicing, EDI, European Commission, Expert Group, SEPA, standard, standardisation, UBL
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