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eINVOIC; V 2.2
 
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About this guideline

With the introduction of EANCOM® in 1990, a worldwide common standard for the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of business information was established by GS1 (former EAN International), together with its member organisations. Now, with over 100,000 users worldwide, EANCOM® 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, E-invoicing is a key focus area of th European Commission and this guideline wants to support electronic invoicing with a common approach.

With the publication of the new EANCOM® release, EANCOM® 2002, European member organisations of GS1 in Europe started to harmonise the existing national guidelines. This European guideline is covering all business requirements used in the participating countries. 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. 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 eINVOIC recommendation is an important information resource as to how the EANCOM® INVOIC is applied in the various European countries. It is the basis for national recommendations.

Several countries participated in the project to set up this guideline, but the long-term aim is to include all member countries of GS1 in Europe in the eINVOIC recommendation. The intention of the project also is to offer this recomendation to the users in their national language. The members of GS1 in Europe are requested to take contact to the project leader team. You will find the German translation as an inspiring impression. As business processes are dynamic, the recommendation will be regularly updated and maintained.

The current documentation has been produced by GS1 in Europe; however GS1 in 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 in Europe, which holds copyright on this work.

GS1 in Europe would like to thank all experts from GS1 member organisations and companies who contributed their business knowledge and expertise to this guideline.

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