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With the introduction of EANCOM® in 1990, a worldwide common standard for the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of business information was established by EAN International, together with its member organisations. Now, in 2005, EANCOM® with over 60,000 users worldwide, is the most important subset of UN/EDIFACT.
In Europe, business is no longer based only at a national level. Retailers are extending their business to new markets and countries and manufacturers are producing all over Europe. For EDI communication, national implementation guidelines are, in many cases, no longer the appropriate way to deal with this situation.
Additionally, the European Union published the COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2001/115/EC on December 20, 2001 (operative from 1 January 2004) with a view to simplifying, modernising and harmonising the conditions laid down for invoicing in respect of Value Added Tax. The aim of this directive is to provide a common framework for invoicing in Europe, including the electronic transmission of invoices.
With the publication of the new EANCOM® release, EANCOM® 2002, European member organisations of GS1 started to harmonise the existing national guidelines. For invoicing, various national provisions and legal requirements still exist and, for every participating country, a profile with relevant data requirements has been created. All of these profiles are "clean" subsets of the European guideline, covering all business and legal requirements used in the participating countries. All information used in more than one country is mapped in the same way to EANCOM®.
By using this recommendation, added value is offered to the supplier/seller in the ability to issue an invoice based on his national profile; alternatively, the buyer/retailer is able to receive invoices from a supplier/seller in any of the participating European countries, by using the common European profile. In addition, the eInvoice recommendation is an important information resource as to how the EANCOM® INVOIC is applied in the various European countries.
Eight countries participated in the project to set up this guideline, but the long-term aim is to include all member countries of GS1 Europe in the eInvoice recommendation. As business processes are dynamic, the recommendation will be regularly updated and maintained.
The current documentation has been produced by GS1 Europe; however GS1 Europe assumes no liability for any damages incurring from the use of this documentation. This brochure or extracts thereof may only be published or forwarded to third parties with the express written consent of GS1 Europe, which holds copyright on this work.
GS1 Europe would like to thank all experts from GS1 member organisations and companies who contributed their business knowledge and expertise to this guideline.
Publisher: GS1 Europe
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