Description (short summary):
The report is one of the deliverables of the IDABC eInvoicing & eOrdering pilot project, a joint initiative from the Directorate-General Internal Market and Services and the Directorate-General for Informatics of the European Commission.

The report is intended to be read by:

• All parties involved in the initiation and management of the "IDABC e-Invoicing and e-Ordering for public procurement project", including in particular, members of: Directorate-General Internal Market and Services,  Directorate-General for Informatics of the European Commission, the IDABC programme's Pan-European eGovernment Services Committee (PEGSCO).
• All staff and contractors engaged in the execution of this project.
• The Commission's Expert Group on Electronic Invoicing.

It contains the results of the business requirements gathering process for eInvoicing in a public procurement context, by collecting and analysing requirements from multiple sources.

• Interviews with Member States having already implemented eInvoicing and eArchiving
• Interviews with stakeholders, such as small, medium and large suppliers, solution (IT and financial)providers
• Legal requirements for eInvoicing and eArchiving (mainly VAT)
• Other eInvoicing and standardisation initiatives

Number of pages:
353