PEPPOL

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Pan-European Public Procurement OnLine ( PEPPOL ) is an international project with the aim of standardizing cross-border, electronically supported public procurement procedures within the European Union .

overview

PEPPOL is part of the framework program for competitiveness and innovation (CIP) of the European Commission (European Commission's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program's ICT Policy Support Program) and consists of a consortium of 17 partners from eleven European countries ( Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Greece , Great Britain , Italy , Norway , Austria , Portugal and Sweden ).

The project was started in 2008 after goals for the development of pan-European, cross-border and electronically supported procurement were formulated at a ministerial conference in Manchester in 2005 .

aims

As part of PEPPOL, open standards for public tendering and procurement processes (public eProcurement) are being developed, taking existing national solutions and (IT) infrastructures into account, and are being continued until piloting (testing in limited production operations). This is intended to enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular to participate in public tenders and procurement processes within the entire European Union - including across borders, as these usually do not have any corresponding international branches. The procurement process should be completely electronic, i.e. H. IT-supported, process, from the publication of the tender to the award of the contract to the payment of the services.

The aim is to increase the proportion of cross-border offers and business relationships within the EU and at the same time reduce the time and costs required for this for clients and contractors . This also pursues the goal of increased competition in the market through internationalization and increased transparency.

As part of the definition of open standards, the use of UBL 2.0 and CEN / BII profiles (Business Interoperability Interfaces Profile) is being pushed. In particular, existing national systems, standards and solutions are to be integrated and connected, but not displaced or replaced.

Project structure

The PEPPOL project is divided into work packages (WP):

• Digital signature
• Virtual Company Dossier (VCD)
• eCatalogue
• eOrdering
• eInvoicing
• Awareness, dissemination and consensus building
• architecture

Results

In addition to the definition of open standards, PEPPOL also creates software components, services and complete applications. These can be integrated or used independently and support sub-areas or the entire process of eProcurement, including:

• eSignature: Technical components for the transnational validation of international digital and electronic signatures on electronic documents
  • XKMS and OASIS Digital Signature Services interface specification
  • PEPPOL XKMS responders
  • eID and eSignature quality definitions (compare “simple”, “advanced” and “qualified” electronic signature ).
• Virtual Company Dossier (VCD): Standardized format for the transmission of evidence, certificates and receipts in electronic form and technical components for the creation of VCD packages
  • VCD Viewer for viewing VCD packages
  • VCD Designer for selecting and deriving evidence for a tender
  • VCD Builder to create a VCD package
  • European VCD System (EVS) for mapping the legal framework for cross-border tenders
  • PEPPOL Electronic Product Property Server (ePPS)
• eCatalogue: Definition of goods and services for the transmission of service information or for retrieval
• eOrdering and eInvoicing: Components for cross-border electronic processing of orders and invoicing
  • PEPPOL Business Interoperability Specifications (BIS)
  • Schematron validation
  • Document visualization (via XSL transformation )
• PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure: Standards for secure and reliable electronic data exchange and transport to connect existing eProcurement solutions
  • Service Metadata Locator (SML)
  • Service Metadata Publisher (SMP)
  • START protocol (Secure Trusted Asynchronous Reliable Transport)
  • LIME protocol (Lightweight Message Exchange Profile)

Current status

After the pilot phase was completed at the end of August 2012, the PEPPOL standards were successfully implemented across Europe. The OpenPEPPOL group, consisting of public and private PEPPOL interested parties, took on responsibility for the further expansion and implementation of PEPPOL in Europe. OpenPEPPOL was registered as a non-profit company in Belgium and started operations on September 1, 2012.

PEPPOL countries

1. Denmark: Since 2005, Danish companies have had to use the national e-invoicing system “NemHandel”. Nemhandel is PEPPOL-compliant and can receive in PEPPOL format.
2. France: France is connected to a PEPPOL access point. The organization UGAP (Union des Groupements d'Achats Publics / Central Procurement Authority) plans to use the PEPPOL e-Invoice with the regional authorities. In the healthcare sector, PEPPOL works with GCS UniHA (representing all university clinics) and RESAH Ile de France to look after a total of almost 200 hospitals.
3. Netherlands: After the PEPPOL pilot phase ended in October 2013, the Dutch eInvoicing initiative 'SimplerInvoicing' went into production in November 2013.
4. Ireland: The Irish government is planning the national implementation of PEPPOL and has already activated 7 access points. It is planned to use eInvoicing for all public procurement by 2016. The first call for tenders to require the use of PEPPOL eInvoicing was published in August 2013.
5. Italy: From June 2015 public institutions will only accept e-invoices by law (No. 55, April 3, 2013). As early as 2012, 32 pilot participants were using PEPPOL in Italy, including the Rome region and Telecom Italia.
6. Norway: In Norway, PEPPOL was fully implemented for the first time. The use of eInvoicing has been mandatory for public institutions since July 2012, based on the PEPPOL standard and with the recommendation to use the PEPPOL network.
7. Austria: From January 1, 2014, according to the IKT Consolidation Act (IKTKonG), the obligation to submit an e-invoice (an invoice that is issued, sent, received and processed in an electronic format) applies to all federal contractual partners. Transmission routes are USP or PEPPOL.
8. Poland: On September 23, 2013, Sebastian Christow from the Polish Ministry of Economic Affairs announced in Warsaw that Poland has accepted PEPPOL and that PEPPOL is seen as the cornerstone of the Polish e-invoicing strategy.
9. Russia: In December 2013, the Russian certification agency announced that it had opened a PEPPOL access point to connect Russia to the European eProcurement infrastructure.
10. Sweden: PEPPOL is mandatory in the public sector, for eInvoicing and eOrdering. The PEPPOL standard is recommended for international use.
11. Germany: "The IT planning council obliges the federal and state governments to offer at least PEPPOL at the end of the implementation period of Directive 2014/55 / ​​EU if they provide a web service for submitting electronic invoices." The legal requirements oblige the public administration in Germany to receive and process e-bills from November 27, 2018. The Coordination Office for IT Standards (KoSIT) acts on behalf of the IT Planning Council as the PEPPOL Authority for Germany in the PEPPOL network.

literature

• PEPPOL - Digital public procurement across the borders. European Commission, accessed September 26, 2017 .  Factsheet
• PEPPOL - making procurement better. OpenPEPPOL AISBL, accessed September 26, 2017 .  Website of the non-profit organization OpenPEPPOL, which operates PEPPOL
• PEPPOL development site ( Memento from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• peppol.eu - Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Framework Program for Competitiveness and Innovation (CIP)
2. ^ Project Partners ( Memento of March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ About PEPPOL ( Memento of February 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ What is PEPPOL? ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ Objective of PEPPOL ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
6. ↑ About OpenPEPPOL ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ EU-wide interoperability ( Memento of April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
8. ^ Progress of the PEPPOL project. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved April 1, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ PEPPOL Components ( Memento from February 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ eSignature ( Memento of March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Virtual Company Dossier ( Memento from July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Main components ( Memento from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ History of OpenPEPPOL . In: PEPPOL.eu . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
14. ^ PEPPOL National Information - Denmark . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
15. ^ French Healthcare Goes Digital with PEPPOL e-Catalogs . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
16. ^ The Netherlands rolls out e-Invoicing with PEPPOL . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
17. ↑ Ireland looks towards PEPPOL as a long-term investment . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
18. ↑ DECRETO 3 April 2013, n.55 - MINISTERO DELL'ECONOMIA E DELLE FINANZE . In: www.fatturapa.gov.it . Retrieved March 24, 2014.
19. ^ The Province of Rome implements PEPPOL . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
20. ^ The role of eProcurement and PEPPOL in Italy . In: Unikoblenz.de . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
21. ↑ The benefits of exchanging PEPPOL eOrders - Italy . In: Unikoblenz.de . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
22. ↑ Who is ready for PEPPOL in Norway . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
23. ↑ Austria mandate eInvoicing to the public sector, PEPPOL fostering adoption . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
24. ^ PEPPOL National Information Austria . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
25. ↑ Federal Ministry of Finance - Master Plan e-Invoice 2012 . In: wko.at . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
26. ↑ Poland announces PEPPOL as the pillar of their national e-invoicing strategy . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
27. ↑ Russian PEPPOL access point established . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
28. ↑ OpenPEPPOL Position Paper on the proposed directive on e-invoicing in public procurement . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
29. ↑ Sweden estimates savings of 380 million euros with standardized electronic orders . In: PEPPOL.eu . Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2014. 
30. ↑ IT Planning Council - Service27. Meeting of the IT planning council. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .