This is the global support from SWIFT that the market needs. As seen from the work with the Single European Payment Area it is necessary to get a network standard in place first - and then make the market create end-to-end harmonization. This will happen faster if enterprises using these services and regulators see and drive the big picture - and service providers go for the inevitable network interoperability models.
This should also end the debates on:
- if a global network standard for e-i..
I posted the list below on 30.12.2010 and checked growth in selected page views today (3.1.2011)
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DG Infosoc is gearing up activities under the Digital Single Market headline. When this is being rolled out it is important to ask the question: Why?
The obvious answers are that large scale x-sector digitalization is:
1. making enterprises more competitive as (i) they become more cost-efficient, (ii) serve their customer better (digitally), (iii) suffer less from tax-burden (as the public sectors become more productive), (iv) can move scarce workforce from administrative tasks to service, d..
The European Commission organises a conference on Electronic invoicing in Europe on 27-28 April 2010 in Madrid. You can follow the conference via web stream: http://www.mityc.es/canalmityc/directo.aspx
The conference programme can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/document.cfm?acti on=display&doc_id=5748&userservice_id=1&request.id=0
http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?id=3625
I wrote a letter to Santa last December and he seems to have taken it seriously at least with the most demanding present:
"The second wish is a standard - more precisely a common and global standard that will fulfill both the needs of SMEs (being easy to use) and their frequently very large and sometimes bully trading partners who have a need for lots and lots of data elements...."
CII-V2 delivered by UNCEFACT TGB1 was discussed at the EC Expert Group meeting yesterday and we all agreed that t..
The European Commission Expert Group on e-invoicing has issued a mid-term report which provides information about the progress of the Group's work since June 2008. According to the Expert Group progress has been made in the field of e-invoicing. The key benefits of e-invoicing are efficiency, cost benefits, the green agenda, improved supply chains and the liberation of resources for more productive work. However, the mass adoption of e-invoicing is being held back by a number of barriers. The ..
Today the European Commission adopted a proposal to change the VAT Directive 2006/112/EC in respect to the invoicing rules. The aim of the proposal is to increase the use of e-invoicing, reduce burdens on business, support SMEs and help Member States to tackle fraud. The proposal simplifies, modernises and harmonises the VAT invoicing rules. In particular, it eliminates the current barriers to e-invoicing in the VAT Directive by treating paper and electronic invoices equally. László Kovács, Co..
The European Commission has established an Expert Group on e-Invoicing, tasked to propose a European e-Invoicing Framework (EEI Framework) by the end of 2009. The purpose of the EEI Framework is to establish a common conceptual structure to support the provision of e-invoicing services in an open and interoperable manner across Europe.
The Expert Group on e-Invoicing started its work in February 2008. The group consists of 30 specialists representing consumers, SMEs, large enterprises, service ..
