CEF eInvoicing conformance testing Caroline Corneau, IT Project Officer, DIGIT Webinar on how the ISA² Interoperability Test Bed is supporting electronic procurement 29 May 2017

Testing needs & benefits of using the test bed Agenda What is CEF eInvoicing? Testing needs & benefits of using the test bed Experience of working with the test bed Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer) Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

What is CEF eInvoicing? Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer) Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

What is CEF eInvoicing? CEF eInvoicing offers community management, supporting and testing services to: Support public entities in the compliance with Directive 2014/55/EU on electronic invoicing in public procurement Promote the uptake of the European Standard on electronic invoicing

CEF eInvoicing – Milestones & services Directive 2014/55/EU electronic invoicing in public procurement CEN TC 434 begins the definition of the European Standard on eInvoicing European Standard on eInvoicing published in the Official Journal All Member States’ central entities comply with eInvoicing Directive (pending availability of the Standard) All Member States’ local entities comply with eInvoicing Directive (pending availability of the Standard) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Launch of CEF Digital + collaborative spaces Launch of eInvoicing Readiness Checker Training Implementation workshops Webinars Conformance testing + Support

Testing needs & benefits of using the test bed Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer) Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

Testing needs Target audience Goal CEF eInvoicing provides: ready-to-use test cases a testing platform user support during the entire testing process Service exposed to testing is stable (web upload form, web services, Email, etc.) Validation artefacts based on the specifications of the CEN semantic data model Syntaxes supported: OASIS UBL 2.1 & UN/CEFACT CII Service Offering Description available on CEF Digital CEF validation form: http://13.80.11.48:8000/invoice/upload Target audience Service & Solution Providers Public Entities Goal Verify if an eInvoicing implementation conforms to the European Standard on electronic invoicing

Benefits of using the test bed Automated validation of e-invoices Free to use Easy to use for end user (validating via web form does not require more than a decent browser) Invoices are not stored Supports European standards Supports different validation channels (web form, offline validator, automated mailbox and AS2/AS4)

Experience of working with the test bed Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer) Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

Experience of working with the test bed Straightforward validation process User-friendly graphical interface (web form) Offline validator enables validation of invoices containing sensitive data and allows integrating the validation in a wider process Note: Not much usage has been reported since the European Standard is not yet published.

Interested to find out more? DIGIT Directorate-General for Informatics DG GROW Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Interested to find out more? CEF-BUILDING-BLOCKS@ec.europa.eu Visit the CEF Digital Single Web Portal https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/