1. CEF eInvoicing conformance testing
Caroline Corneau, IT Project Officer, DIGIT
Webinar on how the ISA² Interoperability Test Bed is supporting electronic procurement
29 May 2017

2. Testing needs & benefits of using the test bed
Agenda
What is CEF eInvoicing?
Testing needs & benefits of using the test bed
Experience of working with the test bed
Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer)
Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

3. What is CEF eInvoicing?
Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer)
Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

4. What is CEF eInvoicing?
CEF eInvoicing offers community management, supporting and testing services to:
Support public entities in the compliance with Directive 2014/55/EU on electronic invoicing in public procurement
Promote the uptake of the European Standard on electronic invoicing

5. CEF eInvoicing – Milestones & services
Directive 2014/55/EU
electronic invoicing in public procurement
CEN TC 434 begins the definition of the European Standard on eInvoicing
European Standard on eInvoicing published in the Official Journal
All Member States’ central entities comply with eInvoicing Directive
(pending availability
of the Standard)
All Member States’ local entities comply with eInvoicing Directive
(pending availability
of the Standard)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Launch of CEF Digital + collaborative spaces
Launch of eInvoicing Readiness Checker
Training
Implementation workshops
Webinars
Conformance testing +
Support

6. Testing needs & benefits of using the test bed
Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer)
Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

7. Testing needs Target audience Goal CEF eInvoicing provides:
ready-to-use test cases
a testing platform
user support during the entire testing process
Service exposed to testing is stable (web upload form, web services, , etc.)
Validation artefacts based on the specifications of the CEN semantic data model
Syntaxes supported: OASIS UBL 2.1 & UN/CEFACT CII
Service Offering Description available on CEF Digital
CEF validation form:
Target audience
Service & Solution Providers
Public Entities
Goal
Verify if an eInvoicing implementation conforms to the European Standard on electronic invoicing

8. Benefits of using the test bed
Automated validation of e-invoices
Free to use
Easy to use for end user (validating via web form does not require more than a decent browser)
Invoices are not stored
Supports European standards
Supports different validation channels (web form, offline validator, automated mailbox and AS2/AS4)

9. Experience of working with the test bed
Give an understanding of what the standard offers (and what it doesn’t offer)
Give a complete overview of the specifications, with emphasis on the EN

10. Experience of working with the test bed
Straightforward validation process
User-friendly graphical interface (web form)
Offline validator enables validation of invoices containing sensitive data and allows integrating the validation in a wider process
Note: Not much usage has been reported since the European Standard is not yet published.

11. Interested to find out more?
DIGIT
Directorate-General for Informatics
DG GROW
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Interested to find out more?
Visit the CEF Digital Single Web Portal