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According to Statistics Estonia, in January 2008 four out of ten enterprises with Internet connection had received e-invoices, three out of ten had sent out e-invoices. In the previous year the corresponding indicators were two out of ten and one out of ten.
ID-card was used by four out of ten enterprises with Internet connection. ID card was used mostly for giving digital signature and for authorising users in information systems. The most active users of ID-card were the enterprises of financial intermediation; two thirds of them used ID-card.
The general trend of reducing the paperwork has increased the interest of public authorities in websites. The enterprises download more and more forms and return them via Internet. Over three quarters of enterprises downloaded forms and two thirds returned them via Internet. Two thirds of enterprises had their own websites.
In January 2008, 97% of enterprises used computers; 99% of them had also access to the Internet. These indicators have not changed much during the last five years. As before, most of the enterprises needed the Internet for banking and financial services; fewer enterprises used the Internet for training and education purposes. The most popular type of Internet connection was DSL broadband connection, used by three quarters of enterprises. Other types of broadband connection, such as cable TV, leased lines, etc., were used by two out of ten enterprises. Non-broadband connections (dial up, ISDN, mobile Internet) were used less and often in combination with broadband connection.
Statistics Estonia has surveyed the use of information technology in enterprises since 2001. In 2008 3,500 enterprises participated in the survey. The survey involves enterprises with 10 and more employees. The usage of information technology in enterprises is studied by statistical organisations in all European Union Member States on the basis of harmonised methodology.
Source: Stat
“Since the successful start of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) more and more consumers have been benefiting from the opportunities it offers,” Hans-Joachim Massenberg, Deputy General Manager of the Association of German Banks, said in Berlin.
“Around 185,000 credit transfers are made every day with the SEPA scheme,” Massenberg continued, most of them by retail customers. This was still relatively few compared to the total of 87 million credit transfers handled every day, but the number was rising steadily. At the moment, customers use the SEPA credit transfer mainly for cross-border payments in Europe. It can easily be used for domestic payments as well, however. To further this process, Massenberg called above all on public authorities and businesses to make greater use of SEPA schemes: “It is, in particular, the state which needs to lead the way here.” Germany’s private banks offer businesses and public authorities support and extensive advice on switching to SEPA.
SEPA was launched in January 2008 with credit transfers and card payments. The SEPA direct debit is to follow in November 2009. Customers will then be able to make payments throughout Europe in the same way as they do today in their own country. They will be able to select their supplier from anywhere in Europe. “To ensure a smooth transition from national direct debit schemes to the SEPA direct debit, however, lawmakers still need to establish the necessary legal certainty,” said Massenberg. “The banking industry has submitted a proposal which will guarantee that the switch from the German to the European direct debit will be as straightforward and secure as possible.” This would also create more planning certainty for trade and industry.
The Association of German Banks’ revised and reprinted booklet “SEPA 2008: uniform payment instruments for Europe” in the “Figures, facts, arguments” series can be downloaded as a pdf file.
Source: German banks
These Infor customers have already chosen for ISP-Invoice: Aimtec GmbH, Bouwbedrijf van de Kolk, Brush HMA, Fennel Technologies AG, Ikazia Ziekenhuis, Komatsu, Leolux Meubelfabriek en Thunnissen Groep.
Aimtec GmbH
Aimtec is a German implementation partner of Infor. In addition to the implementation of ISP-Invoice in German Infor Baan customers, they also use ISP-Invoice themselves.
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Bouwbedrijf van de Kolk
Bouwbedrijf van de Kolk is a Dutch construction company.
Brush HMA
BRUSH Turbogenerator Division is part of FKI Energy Technology, with manufacturing facilities in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Each factory has been designated as an FKI Centre of Excellence for the design and manufacture of 2 and 4 pole high voltage generators, synchronous motors and power management systems. BRUSH Turbogenerators supplies power world-wide.
Fennel Technologies AG
One year after the start of the project “digital invoice scanning and processing” by one of the Fennel Technologies offices in Germany, now another location is also using ISP-Invoice.
Ikazia Ziekenhuis
Ikazia ziekenhuis is a Dutch hospital. It is situated in Rotterdam and employs about 1300 people.
Komatsu
The German production facility of the Japanese company Komatsu, manufactures giant digging and mining machines. They are the largest producer of construction machines in Germany.
Leolux Meubelfabriek
During 7 decades Leolux has become a European manufacturer of modern furniture with roots deep in the last century, and visions of a challenging future.
Thunnissen Groep
Thunnissen Groep is active in development, construction and maintenace in the Netherlands.
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The IDABC programme (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/) is supporting the design and development of eProcurement solutions compliant with the public procurement Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC, by providing tools (mainly, the eProcurement demonstrators, the helpdesk service and the Functional Requirements) that can be used as examples and guidelines. The eProcurement Forum, a community within the ePractice portal, is organizing in cooperation with Auftrag.AT a workshop to exchange experiences about the development of Public eProcurement solutions aligned with the European legislation. The workshop will take place on the 14th January 2009 at the Schönbrunn Palace Conference Centre in Wien (Austria).
The participants will have the opportunity to have an insight into the IDABC eProcurement demonstrators and to be presented with some eProcurement cases developed using the IDABC tools as sources of inspirations. This workshop targets all the European eProcurement experts and in particular those belonging to:
- Public Administrations that are setting up new eProcurement solutions and are interested in capitalising on other experiences and in receiving information on available guidelines and tools
- IT companies in charge of the development of eProcurement solutions
- Organisations responsible for existing eProcurement solutions that need to be aligned with the European legislation
A “Call for presentations” is open until the 5th December 2008. Please contact the eProcurement Forum by e-mail ([email protected]) if you need further information on the event, or if you are interested in sharing your experience and in presenting a case.
Registration is possible via the ePractice website at http://www.epractice.eu/workshop/37. Please note that attendance is free and open to everyone who has been registered on the ePractice portal. Since the available places are limited, interested experts are invited to register soon.
In its Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burden, the European Commission proposes actions in order to reduce the cost stemming from EC and national regulations by 25% until 2012. The cost for businesses for filling forms and reporting according to obligatory regulations is estimated to add up to 3% of the GDP in the EU. Reducing unnecessary obligations could therefore save costs and increase productivity and competitiveness.The Commission is not only concerned with reducing unnecessary EU regulations, but also with accelerating the sharing between national simplification programmes which in many member states already exist. Necessary elements of such programmes are methods for measuring and reducing the administrative burden such as the Standard Cost Model (SCM) and principles, which includes procedural simplification and integrates different reporting processes into one single filing provision.
OBJECTIVES of the workshop
- Discuss and look at how eGovernment can be an effective tool in the reduction of administrative burden for public administration, business and citizens.
- Inform about the present activities of the European Commission by speakers from DG Enterprise and DG Infosoc including the latest call within the ICT PSP Work Programme 2008;
- Provide an up to date overview of the latest activities of the SCM Network;
- Present good practice cases from Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, among others, showing how administrative burden is being reduced for business, citizens and government;
- Provide participants an opportunity to raise questions and discuss these good practice examples with the case presenters in three parallel working groups.
More informations you can find on the website of ePractice.eu.
European payments processor Equens and Italy’s ICBPI Group are teaming up to establish a multi-party cross-border electronic invoicing network and have recruited Belgian service provider Isabel as the first pilot participant.
Equens says it will work with ICBPI to “bridge local solutions” in order to enable banks, corporates and service providers to extend their services in Europe.
Commenting on the project Giuseppe Capponcelli, MD, ICBPI Group, says: “This cross-border joint initiative on e-invoicing will allow us to be a first mover in the European scenario and to enhance our corporate banking services. The first international e-invoicing pilot is a win-win initiative that allows the founding partners to extend their reachability to other important trade markets.”
Isabel - which provides electronic banking and invoicing services - is the first to sign up, although other service providers will be invited to join the initiative says Equens.
Says Luc Van Hecke, international sales manager of Isabel: “This pilot project is a great opportunity to enhance our experience in electronic invoicing and to promote interoperability at European level.”
Equens estimates that over 90% of all invoicing worldwide is still paper-based.
The European Commission said last year that the introduction of the European electronic invoicing (EII) network could reduce supply chain costs by EUR243 billion across Europe and help to streamline business processes and drive innovation.
The introduction of an e-invoicing system for public sector firms in Denmark has saved an estimated EUR100-134 million per year, according to a report by an EC task force on e-invoicing.
The EC said it would set up a steering committee to oversee the establishment of a common invoicing framework that would allow businesses across the region to send invoices and receive corresponding payments electronically.
However separate research released by Sterling Commerce at Sibos has found that European businesses are being held back from implementing e-invoicing systems due to the complexity of addressing regulatory compliance requirements and legislation.
The survey of 400 IT managers in the UK, France, Germany and Italy conducted by Vanson Bourne found that the most pressing “e-invoicing concern” for businesses across Europe is “compliance with national e-invoicing legislation”.
In addition, more than half of the companies surveyed admitted they were concerned about supporting disparate e-invoicing systems across multiple geographies.
Chris Hayes, senior product marketing manager, Sterling Commerce, says: “The benefits of moving from paper-based to e-invoicing are widely known and accepted, yet the reality for many European businesses is that even for e-invoicing projects which do receive budget approval, a dependence on multiple solutions to handle compliance with multiple VAT and tax regulations across different territories, is ultimately undermining project success.”
Source: Sibos Online
The European Commission has launched an online consultation to ascertain the views of businesses on the review of the existing legislation on VAT invoicing. In particular, it focuses on matters in relation to VAT and eInvoicing. Interested parties are invited to submit their comments by 19 September 2008 at the latest.
The consultation is based on an Invoicing Study to be produced for the Commission. The Commission hopes to receive contributions concerning a selection of the recommendations contained in the Invoicing Study and other recommendations businesses may have. More information is contained in the consultation paper.
Interested parties are invited to submit their comments by 19 September 2008 at the latest. Comments may be sent alternatively by:
- Regular post, to the European Commission, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, VAT and other turnover taxes, Rue Montoyer 59, office 5/96, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium.
- Fax, to +32-2-299-36-48;
- Email, to [email protected].
The Commission will publish a report summarising the outcome of this consultation as soon as possible after the end of the feedback period. If, for any reason, those contributing wish their comments to remain confidential, they are invited to state it. Otherwise, the European Commission will assume that the contributors have no objection to the subsequent publication of their comments on the European Commission website.
The Expert Group on Electronic Invoicing, set up by a European Commission Decision with the task to contribute to the creation of a European eInvoicing Framework, has published its first status report.
The Expert Group on e-Invoicing started its work at the end of February 2008. The Expert Group consists of 30 specialists representing all stakeholders: consumers, SMEs, large enterprises, service providers and public authorities.
The tasks of the Expert Group are to identify business requirements and responsibilities for the execution of specific work, as well as to steer the creation - by the end of 2009 - of a European e-Invoicing Framework.
The purpose of the European e-Invoicing Framework is to establish a common conceptual structure to support the provision of e-Invoicing services in an open and interoperable manner across Europe.
The Expert Group has issued a short status report which provides stakeholders with information about the progress of the Group’s work since its formation. Until now, the Group has held several meetings and established a series of initiatives to address a key opportunity for enhancing efficiency and productivity in the digital environment. A mid-term report will be issued before the end of 2008.
Source: epractice
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