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CEN/ISSS Call for 2 experts on EU CII MIG
‘Core’ Cross Industry Invoice European Message Implementation Guideline need some Experts
New e-Procurement framework to lower costs
CEN has launched an e-Procurement framework to connect public organizations and private companies in the European Community
CEN/ISSS E-invoicing Workshop: Phase 3 preliminary meeting
CEN - European Committee for Standardization
At the last eInv2 WS plenary in September, it was decided to organize a meeting on 27 November 2009 in order to prepare the eInvoicing phase 3 project (this was confirmed in October).
The meeting will take place from 10:00 to 16:30, in the CEN/CENELEC Meeting Centre [...]
Payment systems users warn of risks of SEPA failure
In a critical paper on the Sepa Direct Debit scheme the Payment Systems End User Committee (PS-EUC), says businesses have little incentive to switch to the new payments instrument.
Presentations CEN/ISSS workshop Brussels June 18th
At June 18th 2009, the CEN/ISSS E-invoice Phase II held an open meeting in Brussels. The purpose of this meeting was to present the public with the more or less final results based on the objectives of this Phase II workshop:
An adoption programme for increased electronic invoicing in European business processes.
1. Compliance of electronic invoice [...]
CEN document: ‘Cyber Identity: Unique identification systems for organisations’
The draft CWA (CEN Workshop Agreement) below is now available for public comments.
Comments should be sent by 27 July 2009 to Adrian Müller and Olivier Teigen:
[email protected]
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Introduction
Nowadays private and public organisations are increasingly more relying on electronic means of communications for carrying out their daily transactions for eBusiness and eGovernment purposes.
In electronic communications, to gain the trust [...]
Dutch State Secretary launches website for digital billing
Together with Wim Mijs, director of the Dutch Association of Banks, State Secretary Heemskerk of Dutch Economic Affairs launched the website www.ViaMijnBank.nl last week.
Via this website, consumers and businesses receive information about the benefits of sending bills digitally. Moreover, customers of ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank ViaMijnBank are able to receive their invoices online, and pay online through their own [...]
Basware reports record-high earnings for 2008 despite challenging market situation
Operating profit increased by 15.5 percent compared to 2007
Basware, the leading provider of purchase to pay solutions, disclosed its full year earnings reporting a record turnover of 86 million Euros. Regardless of the declining market sentiment towards the end of 2008, full year net sales grew by 17.5 percent. The last quarter of the year [...]
Majority of enterprises in the EU27 had a website in 2008
Broadband access is increasing
In the EU27, 93% of enterprises of ten or more persons employed had access to the internet in January 2008, the same as in January 2007, and 81% of enterprises had a broadband internet connection, up from 77% in January 2007. On average in the EU27, 64% of enterprises had a website [...]
French banks down tools on EU-wide payment project
French banks have suspended the launch of new pan-European payment services due to confusion over tariffs in the latest setback for a key EU project to improve consumer choice and boost growth.
The European Union has plans for a single euro payments system or SEPA to give its 495 million consumers cheap payments of bills and [...]