Task 5:Interconnection of service providers
Ahti AllikasJari Salo
FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE OF INVOICE OPERATORS THROUGHOUT EUROPE
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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
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Agenda
Introduction of working group 5Why interconnectivity is important?Main topics
points under discussionrecommendations to be made
Topics out of scopeReferences
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Growth from 2006 to 2007
Why interconnectivity is important?
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Service providers
B2B eInvoices (Mill.)
B2B Participants(thousands)
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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
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… 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;
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Topics covered–Interconnection Scenarios
Domestic, cross-border, regionalOne or many operators
Operator CriteriasConversion ChallengesAuthenticity and Integrity (WG3)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Topics out of scope
Commercial models between operatorsVAT issuesLegal issues for eInvoice contentCore components and other technical specificationsRecommendations on technical solutions
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Co-operation with e-Invoicing Expert Group
Common member(s)Regular discussionsExchange of deliverables
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Thank you
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