This Directive obliges central government bodies of the Member States of the European Union to accept electronic invoices in public procurement from 18 April 2019 onwards and Member States were able to postpone the obligation for local authorities until 18 April 2020. Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic invoicing in public procurement.The EMSFEI published also a number of recommendation in support of the implementation of Directive 2014/55/EU and the electronic invoicing standard EN 16931. On 1 October 2013, EMSFEI unanimously adopted and endorsed the Recommendation on the use of a Semantic Data Model to support Interoperability for Electronic Invoicing that has been taken up by the European Commission and is a central focal point for Directive 2014/55/EU. The EMSFEI was renewed in October 2017 for a 3-year mandate and closed in 2020. Directive 2014/55/EU obliges central government bodies of the Member States to accept electronic invoices in public procurement.Ī European Multi-stakeholder Forum on e-Invoicing (EMSFEI) was set up by the Commission with Commission Decision C(2010)8467.Communication COM(2012)573 identified 12 key actions, one of which is to “adopt legislation to make e-invoicing standard billing mode in public procurement”.The Commission has addressed the issues around e-Invoicing also on the political and legal level: It is important to promote the standards in order to promote interoperability while respecting different sector needs and practices. The standard model preserves the necessary flexibility through Core Invoice Usage Specifications (CIUS) and extensions. As a consequence, market players, such as companies or financial and IT service providers need to support multiple formats, requiring substantial mapping and conversion exercises to cope with data expressed in different syntaxes.īy specifying the semantic data model of the core elements of an electronic invoice, the published European standard EN 16931-1 is intended to tackle the semantic fragmentation that is a side effect of the vast number of e-invoicing standards, data formats, and usage requirements that exists across the EU and globally.
As Member States developed their own national standards, some of these also differed from anything already on the market, resulting in further divergence and a lack of interoperability. Many of these are proprietary formats and are only used by specific communities (for example a country, one multinational company and its suppliers, etc) or embed proprietary unique identifiers that may require licensing from a single source. In the last decade or so, many e-invoicing standards/formats have been developed, based mostly on different versions of XML syntaxes. Additionally, it contributes significantly to the EU’s digital agenda by promoting the development of eGovernment, and ready accessibility to users with disabilities (see the separate section on accessibility of ICT products and services and web accessibility). Therefore, e-Invoicing is highlighted in the EU’s digital agenda as one of the key actions of its first pillar (“A vibrant digital single market”).
Its deployment is a strong tool in support of enterprise and financial policies as it makes enterprises more efficient and generates potentially significant savings for Member States’ governments. By automating the relevant business processes, e-Invoicing leads to cost savings, increased efficiency, faster payments, and a reduced environmental impact especially if other business documents like order and dispatch advice are also available in electronic format. an invoice that has been issued, sent and received in a structured electronic format which allows for its automatic and electronic processing, brings numerous benefits to all users (senders and recipients).
Please remember that in addition to legal requirements, any invoices sent to us must include an order number provided by MACBA: ReceiverTransactionReference.(A.) Policy and legislation (A.1) Policy objectivesĮlectronic invoicing (e-Invoicing) 28, i.e. You can send us your electronic invoices 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by providing the following DIR3 codes: Starting on January 1 st, 2018, all invoices from MABA providers must be presented in electronic format, as established in Spanish Law 25/2013, of December 27, to promote electronic invoicing and creation of invoice accounting in the public sector, and in the instructions by the Barcelona City Council of March 30, 2017, to promote electronic invoicing.Įlectronic invoices from MACBA providers are received through the eFACT inbox of the Consortium Open Administration of Catalonia (AOC).