{"id":2946,"date":"2017-12-19T16:57:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eueinvoicing.cat\/eueinvoicing\/context\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:32:10","slug":"context","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eueinvoicing.cat\/en\/eueinvoicing\/context\/","title":{"rendered":"Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-54916a803e367df87\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-54916a803e367df87 uvc-6223  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-54916a803e367df87 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"--font-weight:theme;margin-bottom:10px;\">Legislaci\u00f3 Europea<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:#f4df28;width:320px;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]The European Parliament and Council voted on the 16th of April 2014\u00a0the <strong>Directive 2014\/55\/EU\u00a0on electronic invoicing in public procurement<\/strong>. This Directive sets the legal framework for the establishment of a European standard (EN 16931) and requires Member States to adopt it so that it will become mandatory for all contracting authorities and entities to receive and process eInvoices complying with the European norm.<\/p>\n<p>The eInvoicing European standard was formally <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/cefdigital\/wiki\/display\/CEFDIGITAL\/European+legislation+on+eInvoicing\">published in 6 parts<\/a> by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) with the main objective to allow any company in the EU to communicate electronically with any European governmental institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All eInvoice systems used by public administrations in Member States shall be upgraded and implement the standard before November 2018<\/strong> when the EU Directive starts ruling. The European norm EN 16931 accepts <strong>three different formats<\/strong>, which public administrations will be obliged to process:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;]<div class=\"smile_icon_list_wrap ult_info_list_container ult-adjust-bottom-margin  \"><ul class=\"smile_icon_list left square with_bg\"><li class=\"icon_list_item\" style=\" font-size:114px;\"><div class=\"icon_list_icon\" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"font-size:38px;border-width:1px;border-style:none;background:#ffffff;color:#1a79af;border-color:#333333;\"><i class=\"Defaults-chevron-circle-right\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"icon_description\" id=\"Info-list-wrap-4958\" style=\"font-size:38px;\"><h3 class=\"ult-responsive info-list-heading\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-list-wrap-4958 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:17px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:24px;\"}'  style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tfig.unece.org\/contents\/cross-industry-invoice-cii.htm\" title=\"Cross Industry Invoice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >UN\/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"icon_description_text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-list-wrap-4958 .icon_description_text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}'  style=\"\"><p>XML-based eInvoicing technical specification developed by the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. It can be used to create message syntax which can be exchanged globally between trading partners.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"icon_list_connector\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"border-right-width: 1px;border-right-style: dashed;border-color: #333333;\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"icon_list_item\" style=\" font-size:114px;\"><div class=\"icon_list_icon\" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"font-size:38px;border-width:1px;border-style:none;background:#ffffff;color:#1a79af;border-color:#333333;\"><i class=\"Defaults-chevron-circle-right\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"icon_description\" id=\"Info-list-wrap-1061\" style=\"font-size:38px;\"><h3 class=\"ult-responsive info-list-heading\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-list-wrap-1061 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:17px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:24px;\"}'  style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oasis-open.org\/committees\/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ubl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >XML.UBL invoice as defined in ISO\/IEC 19845:2015: OASIS UBL 2.1<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"icon_description_text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-list-wrap-1061 .icon_description_text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}'  style=\"\"><p>Royalty-free library of standard XML business documents supporting digitization of the commercial and logistical processes for domestic and international supply chains. Version 2.0 of UBL was approved as a specification from the OASIS committee (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) in October 2006 and is publicly available.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"icon_list_connector\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"border-right-width: 1px;border-right-style: dashed;border-color: #333333;\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-99256a803e367e46d\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-99256a803e367e46d uvc-3511  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-99256a803e367e46d h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"--font-weight:theme;margin-bottom:10px;\">eInvoicing a Europa<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:#f4df28;width:320px;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]A growing number of European governments are committed at fostering eInvoicing adoption. For instance, The Netherlands Government is simplifying the national legal framework for the adoption of the common standard, while other governments have developed simple tools for the exchange of eBusiness documents.<\/p>\n<p>At a European level, EU governments are engaged in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/peppol.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEPPOL<\/a> (<em>Pan-European Public Procurement OnLine<\/em>), a major initiative with the objective to allow any company in the EU to communicate electronically with any European governmental institution<\/strong> for the entire procurement process. At the same time, the European Commission is running <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/isa2\/solutions\/open-e-prior_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ePRIOR<\/a>, an eInvoicing pilot system with the main goal to gain <em>real-life experience<\/em> with eInvoicing and to share the lessons-learned with Member States and any other interested <em>stakeholders<\/em><\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2509&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1514905086268{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-22886a803e367e53d\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-22886a803e367e53d uvc-5790  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-22886a803e367e53d h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"--font-weight:theme;margin-bottom:10px;\">eInvoicing in Catalonia<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:#f4df28;width:340px;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Since January 2015, it is mandatory to present invoices in electronic format to Spanish public administrations. The eInvoicing format admissible by Spanish administrations is Facturae, although some administrations also admit EDIFACT or ERP integrated solutions.<\/p>\n<p>In Catalonia, we find two main eInvoicing platforms: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambradigital.com\/es\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cambra eBusiness<\/a>, managed by Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pimefactura.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PimeFactura<\/a>, managed by PIMEC<\/strong>. Both platforms are connected with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoc.cat\/serveis-aoc\/e-fact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e.FACT<\/a>, the Catalan Delivery Point for electronic invoices maintained by CAOC<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/face.gob.es\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FACe<\/strong><\/a>, in the case the receiver is another Spanish Public Administration.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-24736a803e367e5f7\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-24736a803e367e5f7 uvc-1850  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-24736a803e367e5f7 h5'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h5 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-top:90px;\">eInvoicing Catalan system<\/h5><\/div><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;2488&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1514906361345{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Parliament and Council voted on the 16th of April 2014\u00a0the Directive 2014\/55\/EU\u00a0on electronic invoicing in public procurement. 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