The GITB project (Global eBusiness interoperability test bed methodologies) aims at: developing the required global Testing Framework, architecture and methodologies for state-of-the-art eBusiness Specifications and profiles covering all layers of the interoperability stack (organizational, semantic and technical interoperability); supporting the realization of GITB as a network of multiple Test Beds, thereby leveraging existing and future testing capabilities from different stakeholders (for example standards development organizations and industry consortia, Test Bed Providers, and…

The CEN BII Workshop was established in May 2007 with the objective of harmonising electronic procurement in Europe. The BII Workshop is a standardisation initiative within CEN (European Committee for Standardisation). It provides a framework for interoperability in pan-European electronic transactions expressed as a set of technical specifications. The mission of the CEN BII Workshop is to spread and facilitate the use of e-Procurement standards for buyers and suppliers, and especially public administrations, by: identifying requirements (including legal requirements) regarding e-procurement…

Interoperability of the electronic European Health Insurance Cards (WS/eEHIC) is a CEN/ISSS (European Committee for Standardization / Information Society for Standardization System) CEN WORKSHOP AGREEMENT (CWA) that describes a standardised solution (a specification) for the electronic European Health Insurance card (eEHIC) throughout EU. This document includes guidelines and recommendations for standards for an electronic European health Insurance Card. Objectives Privacy: eEHIC data is safely stored, retrieved and used in the respect of data integrity in a confidential way, thanks to the…

National and European authorities have been promoting the use of electronic processes in public procurement for decades because increased efficiency and transparency will give improved and more efficient use of public procurement budgets. Electronic processes involving different systems and various partners depend on the use of common standards for information exchange between systems; however, it should be emphasised that there are different levels of openness that can be created by the use of technology standards. Interoperability requires common use of standards; there are several groups…

This profile supports a process of submitting procurement notices by a Contracting Authority to a Publication Body. It is intended to support transmission of electronic documents for processing in semi-automated processes by the receiver. The legal requirements that were taken into account are requirements from European legislation, in particular the EU directives, mentioned in Clause 5 of this profile. The intended scope for this profile is Government to Government (G2G) and Government to Business (G2B), depending on legal requirements for publication, to support Business to Government (B2G)…

The profiles referenced in this guideline support a process of electronic tendering. It is intended to support transmission of electronic documents or processing by the receiver. The legal requirements that were taken into account are requirements from European legislation, in particular the irectives with relation to public procurement. The profiles may also be used for tenders below the thresholds that are defined in the directives. The intended scope for the profiles includes: - Business to Government (B2G) - Common business processes for local and pan European tendering - Mainly for…

The eCatalogue profiles are intended to support the synchronization of catalogues between the selling and the buying side in a business relationship,whereas the selling side is the source of the catalogue and the buying side the receiver. In the profiles the selling side can be any Economic perator and the buying side any Contracting Authority. The intended scope for the profiles includes B2G and B2B relationships. The transactions, specified in the profiles are intended to be exchanged between the procurement systems of contracting authorities and systems for catalogue management of economic…

BII profiles are intended to support transmission of electronic documents for processing in semi automated processes by the receiver. The intended scope includes: - B2B and B2G - Common business processes for purchasing goods and/or services across industries and across borders - Regional procurement within EU and EEA. The profiles are expected to be applicable to other regions following a review of regional requirements. The transactions specified in the profiles are intended to be exchanged between the application systems of customers and suppliers. This means that it is expected that…

The present document studies four product classifications used in eBusiness in Europe (and beyond) to reach the overall goals stated in the introduction, according to the CC3P project for an initial mapping and the research in the direction of methods, methodologies and platforms. The versions of the product classification systems used here are: • UNSPSC v11 English • eCl@ss 6.0.1 English • GPC 30062008 English ( As at 31 August 2009) • CPV 2008 English

The guidance set out in this CWA addresses electronic invoicing within the scope of VAT. In practice, this includes the majority of business-to-business sales/purchase transactions, but other types of transactions may also be involved. The regulatory background for the practices set out herein is the EU VAT Directive 2006/112/EC (1) as amended by Directive 2011/45/EU (2). Geographically, the practices set out herein are aimed at relevant invoices governed by at least one Member State’s law transposing this Directive. The authors of this CWA document do not exclude that this CWA can be used to…

The scope of the working group is to propose best practices and recommendations and to use the current einvoicing political and technical opportunities to extend the adoption of e-invoicing by SMEs. The following recommendations are at conceptual level and it is recommended that they should be used as a basis for further elaboration by national e-invoicing fora or by sectoral associations. The current CWA addresses primarily those SMEs that have not yet adopted e-invoicing. However, it is also addressing the needs of SMEs which have already started with e-invoicing but aim to increase their…

This Code of Practice is a response to European Commission Communication COM (2010) 712 of 2 December 2010, specifically Action 3.1: CEN should develop by end of 2011, a Code of Practice taking into account the work of the Expert Group on e-invoicing. This Code of Practice, to be adopted by trading parties, service providers and public authorities, should include a consistent terminology and a definition of roles and responsibilities of the distinct actors within the e-invoicing process.