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IST/47/-/2 - (Disbanded 07.07.2026 - See IST/47/2) E-invoicing

Sector: Governance & Resilience

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Overview: Under the direction of IST/47 is responsbile for the development of standards in the field of e-Invoicing and UK input into CEN/TC 434. CEN/TC 434, Electronic Invoicing, is responsible for the deliverables that are cited in the (final version of the) standardization request by the European Commission (in support of the implementation of ‘Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on electronic invoicing in public procurement’ These deliverables are needed to support the exchange of information by electronic means in support of business processes in the trade of goods and services.

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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

Revision of EN 16931-1 Electronic invoicing - Part 1: Semantic data model of the core elements of an electronic invoice

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-02-14
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NWIP VAT reporting Electronic invoicing – VAT reporting and gap analysis with current e-Invoicing standardization deliverables

Categories: Standardization. General rules | Business | Accountancy | Services | Finances. Banking. Monetary systems. Insurance | ICT | Information technology | IT applications. Banking

Proposal begins : 2023-11-07
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NWIP E-invoicing –Part 12: Study on the intern. of EN16931-1

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-04-15
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NWIP E- invoicing Part 11-3 Syntax binding Electronic invoicing – Part 11-3: Syntax binding of CEN/TS 16931-8 to UN/CEFACT XML Industry Invoice

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-04-01
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NWIP E- invoicing Part 11-2 Syntax binding Electronic invoicing – Part 11-2 Syntax binding of CEN/TS 16931-8 to ISO/IEC 19845 (UBL)

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-04-01
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NWIP CEN/TC 434 Report on B2B requirements (WG 5) Electronic invoicing – Additional requirements to extend to B2B

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | ICT | Information technology | Information technology applications | IT applications. Office work

Proposal begins : 2023-11-21
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New Work Item Proposal - Electronic invoicing — Part 2: List of syntaxes that comply with EN 16931-1

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2026-06-17
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New Work Item Proposal - Revision of VAT reporting and gap analysis with the current e-Invoicing standardization deliverables.

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-05-21
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New Work Item Proposal - Electronic invoicing – Part 3-4: Syntax binding of EN 16931-1 to the UN/EDIFACT INVOICE

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-20
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New Work Item Proposal - Electronic invoicing – Part 3-2 Syntax binding of EN 16931-1 to ISO/IEC 19845 (UBL) invoice and credit note

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-12-11
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