British Standards Institution

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: IT applications. Office work | | IT applications. Transport and trade

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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In Progress (15)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? 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	Proposal
PD CEN/TS 16931-5:2025	Electronic invoicing. - Part 5: Guidelines on the use of sector or country extensions in conjunction with EN 16931-1, methodology to be applied in the real environment Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Approval begins :	Approval
PD CEN/TS 16931-13	Electronic invoicing – Functional specification and guidance for the eInvoice Registry of CIUS and Extensions. Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-08-20	Drafting
PD CEN/TR 18272-11	Electronic invoicing. Part 11: e-Receipt syntaxes Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-08-14	Drafting
PD CEN/TR 16931-9	Electronic invoicing. - Part 9: VAT reporting and gap analysis with current e-invoicing standardization deliverables Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Approval begins :	Approval
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	Proposal
NWIP E-invoicing	–Part 12: Study on the intern. of EN16931-1 Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-04-15	Proposal
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	Proposal
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	Proposal
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	Proposal

Published (11)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 16931-8:2024	Electronic invoicing. Semantic data model of the elements of an e-receipt or a simplified electronic invoice Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2024-10-31	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16931-7:2020	Electronic invoicing. Methodology for the development and use of EN 16931-1 compliant structured Core Invoice Usage Specifications Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2020-05-11	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-4:2020	Electronic invoicing. Syntax binding for UN/EDIFACT INVOIC D16B Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2020-05-13	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-3:2020	Electronic invoicing. Syntax binding for UN/CEFACT XML Industry Invoice D16B Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2020-07-03	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-2:2020	Electronic invoicing. Syntax binding for ISO/IEC 19845 (UBL 2.1) invoice and credit note Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2020-07-06	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-1:2017	Electronic invoicing. Methodology for syntax bindings of the core elements of an electronic invoice Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2017-09-21	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16931-9:2024	Electronic invoicing. VAT reporting and gap analysis with current e-invoicing standardization deliverables Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2024-11-26	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16931-6:2017	Electronic invoicing. Result of the test of EN 16931-1 with respect to its practical application for an end user Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2017-11-01	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16931-5:2017	Electronic invoicing. Guidelines on the use of sector or country extensions in conjunction with EN 16931-1, methodology to be applied in the real environment Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2017-09-22	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16931-4:2017	Electronic invoicing. Guidelines on interoperability of electronic invoices at the transmission level Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Published standard begins : 2017-09-28	Published standard

Withdrawn (6)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-4:2017	Electronic invoicing. Syntax binding for UN/EDIFACT INVOIC D16B Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Withdrawn begins : 2020-05-13	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-3:2017	Electronic invoicing. Syntax binding for UN/CEFACT XML Industry Invoice D16B Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Withdrawn begins : 2020-07-03	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16931-3-2:2017	Electronic invoicing. Syntax binding for ISO/IEC 19845 (UBL 2.1) invoice and credit note Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Withdrawn begins : 2018-08-22	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16931-2:2017	Electronic invoicing. List of syntaxes that comply with EN 16931-1 Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Withdrawn begins : 2019-01-11	Withdrawn
BS EN 16931-1:2017+A1:2019	Electronic Invoicing. Semantic data model of the core elements of an electronic invoice Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Withdrawn begins : 2019-12-10	Withdrawn
BS EN 16931-1:2017	Electronic invoicing. Semantic data model of the core elements of an electronic invoice Categories: IT applications. Office work \| Withdrawn begins : 2019-01-11	Withdrawn

Standards Development

IST/47/-/2 - E-invoicing

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