June 2009
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By OB10 on June 30, 2009
British Energy, part of EDF Energy, the UK’s largest electricity generator, has today announced its decision to implement electronic invoicing with OB10, the world’s leading e-Invoicing network.
British Energy selected OB10 after identifying an immediate opportunity to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the payment process. The company already has good terms with its suppliers, but [...]
Posted in Members and Partners, Recent News | Tagged accounts payable, e-invoicing, EEI Platform, partners
By admin on June 29, 2009
The Netherlands Bankers’ Association (NVB) is preparing for the introduction of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) with the introduction of a new nationwide Iban (International Bank Account Number) and BIC (Bank Identifier Code) look-up service for all Dutch citizens and corporates.
The introduction of the new tool is expected to speed compliance with Sepa by [...]
Posted in Awareness, Publications | Tagged bank, EDI, European, Payment, SEPA
By admin on June 26, 2009
Traditionally, tax returns were filed using paper forms. With the increasing number of taxpayers and complexities arising in taxation, it has become impossible to maintain records on paper. The current preference is for electronic means of record keeping and tax filing. In this day of Internet and E-commerce, every state stresses E-filing of tax. An [...]
Posted in Awareness, Publications | Tagged European Union, tax
By admin on June 26, 2009
Description (short summary):
eProcurement is considered one of the most promising services within e-government in terms of cost and time efficiency. Within the European Union, the Internal Market requires cross-border eProcurement. The European Council has issued directives and guidelines for this purpose. While eProcurement works on national levels, cross-border eProcurement in Europe does not. This is [...]
Posted in Awareness, Publications | Tagged electronic signature, eProcurement, European
By admin on June 26, 2009
Since 4 June 2009, it has been possible for those traveling the Belgian railways to use their Belgian electronic identity card (eID) as a valid train ticket. The new eService is the first of its kind in Europe.
The procedure is convenient, simple, fast and environment friendly. The user buys a train ticket online via the [...]
Posted in Publications, Recent News | Tagged eIdentity
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:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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 FDE on June 15, 2009
Swisscom IT Services’ Andreas Brandl tells FDE about developments in e-invoicing, including economies of scale, market penetration and the 2012 Swiss government e-invoicing initiative.
FDE: How do you define e-invoicing?
Andreas Brandl: Common sense would suggest that an invoice issued, sent, received and processed in a purely electronic format is an e-invoice, as long as it is [...]
Posted in Awareness, Members and Partners | Tagged advantages, authenticity, digital signature, e-invoicing, European, European Commission, integrity
By admin on June 12, 2009
The trend from paper-based to electronic invoicing continues. More and more companies are recognizing that enormous cost reduction potential can be achieved with the electronic processing of invoices. Europe’s leading E-Invoicing experts will meet in Amsterdam to present the necessary know-how for companies to successfully implement their own E-Invoicing projects at the 5th European EXPP [...]
Posted in Awareness, Events, Members and Partners | Tagged conference, e-billing, e-invoicing, EEI Platform, European, EXPP, partners, PDF
By FDE on June 12, 2009
Duncan Jones, senior analyst at Forrester, gives a detailed account of why companies should embrace electronic invoicing.
A recent survey by the US Institute of Management and Administration found that the average administration cost per invoice is €30. Even more worrying, 70% of the AP managers surveyed did not know the figure for their own company. [...]
Posted in Awareness, Members and Partners, Publications | Tagged accounts payable, CEN, e-invoicing, initiative, savings, standard
By admin on June 10, 2009
CEN/ISSS invites everyone to attend the 4th CEN Industry Conference on Electronic Invoicing and Compliance. The conference takes place in the Diamant Building in Brussels on June 18th 2009.
After the completion of the CEN/ISSS eInvoicing Phase I Workshop in 2006, a Phase II workshop was launched in 2007. Now, during the Open Meeting on June 18th 2009, [...]
Posted in Events, Featured Articles, Presentations | Tagged authenticity, Belgium, best practice, CEN, e-invoicing, European Commission, integrity, meeting
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