Public sector
E-invoice to authorities
Supplier issues an EN 16931 compliant invoice (XRechnung UBL/CII) routed via Peppol or a national portal.
Messages
Parties: Supplier ↔ contracting authority
Practice example
A construction firm invoices a federal agency: XRechnung 3.0, Leitweg-ID in BuyerReference, payment terms and VAT breakdown validated against EN 16931 business rules.
Typical process flow
- Invoice creation (UBL/CII)
- Schematron validation
- Peppol or portal transmission
- Message level response
Rule-setting bodies & associations
Koordinierungsstelle für IT-Standards (KoSIT) — Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Public-sector coordination office
Maintains the XRechnung standard, the German CIUS of EN 16931, its business rules (BR-DE) and the validator configuration.
c/o Die Senatorin für Finanzen, Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz 1, 28195 Bremen, Deutschland
Rulebooks & documents
- XRechnung specification — Current version incl. Leitweg-ID rules
- KoSIT validator configuration — Reference rule set used for conformance checks
OpenPeppol AISBL
International non-profit association
Peppol BIS profiles, the Peppol network policy for access points and the participant identifier schemes.
Rue Belliard 40, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Rulebooks & documents
- Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 — Post-award invoicing profile
- Peppol policy for use of identifiers — Participant and document identifier rules