<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>

<w:View>Normal</w:View>

<w:PunctuationKerning/>

<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>

<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>

<w:BreakWrappedTables/>

<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>

<w:DontGrowAutofit/>

<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>

</xml><![endif]--><span>1.    What is UBL?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>3.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>Where does UBL stand at this point?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>5.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>Where can I discuss UBL with other users?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>7.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>How much will it cost to use UBL</span><span>?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

requirements</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>10.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>Can I use UBL in other contexts?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>12.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>How does UBL facilitate international trade?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>14.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>Is UBL a ‘real’ global standard for electronic

</p>

<span>15.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>What is the relationship of UBL to ebXML?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

Components?</span>

<p class="MsoToc2">

</p>

<span>18.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>How does UBL support the European electronic invoicing

</p>

<span>18.1.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>Will UBL be the standard European invoice format?</span>

<p class="MsoToc3">

</p>

<span>18.3.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>What will a standard European electronic invoice look

</p>

<span>18.4.</span><span><span>    </span></span><span>Should I delay my electronic invoicing programme until

</p>

&nbsp;

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136260" title="_Toc262136260"></a><span><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">     </span></span></span>What

<p class="MsoNormal">

international effort to define a royalty-free library of standard electronic

open and accountable OASIS Technical Committee with participation from a

directly into existing business, legal, auditing, and records management

supply chains and providing an entry point into electronic business for small

</p>

did UBL come from?</h2>

The UBL initiative originated in efforts beginning in

OASIS. The work of the OASIS OfficeDoc TC under the leadership of Murray

collaboration on ebXML in December 1999. Interest in the creation of a standard

decision in ebXML to omit a standard XML &quot;payload&quot; syntax from the

UBL began in April 2001 as a discussion group sponsored by CommerceNet and was

</p>

does UBL stand at this point?</h2>

UBL 1.0 was released as an OASIS Standard on 8 November 2004

expanded the scope of UBL to include the commercial collaborations of

</p>

The current version, UBL 2.1, extends the functionality of

replenishment; vendor managed inventory; utility billing; tendering; and

2013.

<p class="MsoNormal">

intention of the UBL Technical Committee to stabilize on the UBL 2 for the

validity of any UBL 2.0 (and later) documents.<span> 

functionality and will not require changes to existing UBL implementations.

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136263" title="_Toc262136263"></a><span><span>4.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">     </span></span></span>How

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

<a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.1/UBL-2.1.zip">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.1/UBL-2.1.zip</a>

<p class="MsoNormal">

Business Processes:

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst">

</span></span></span>Tendering

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Catalogue

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Quotation

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Ordering

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Fulfilment

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Billing

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Freight Billing

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Utility Billing

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Payment Notification

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Report State of Accounts

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

And XML Schemas for the documents used in these processes:

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst">

</span></span></span>Application Response

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Attached Document

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Awarded Notification

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Bill of Lading

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Call for Tenders

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Catalogue

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Catalogue Deletion

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Catalogue Item Specification Update

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Catalogue Pricing Update

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Catalogue Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Certificate of Origin

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Contract Award Notice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Contract Notice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Credit Note

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Debit Note

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Despatch Advice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Document Status

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Document Status Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Exception Criteria

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Exception Notification

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Forecast

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Forecast Revision

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Forwarding Instructions

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Freight Invoice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Fulfilment Cancellation

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Goods Item Itinerary

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Guarantee Certificate

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Instruction for Returns

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Inventory Report

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Invoice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Item Information Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Order

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Order Cancellation

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Order Change

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Order Response

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Order Response Simple

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Packing List

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Prior Information Notice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Product Activity

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Quotation

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Receipt Advice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Reminder

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Remittance Advice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Request for Quotation

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Retail Event

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Self Billed Credit Note

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Self Billed Invoice

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Statement

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Stock Availability Report

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Tender

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Tender Receipt

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Tenderer Qualification

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Tenderer Qualification Response

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Trade Item Location Profile

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transport Execution Plan

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transport Execution Plan Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transport Progress Status

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transport Progress Status Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transport Service Description

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transport Service Description Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transportation Status

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Transportation Status Request

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Unawarded Notification

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span>Utility Statement

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpLast">

</span></span></span>Waybill

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136264" title="_Toc262136264"></a><span><span>5.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">     </span></span></span>Where

<p class="MsoNormal">

ubl-dev list provides a free forum for questions regarding UBL. The ubl-dev

</p>

<a href="http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-dev/">http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-dev/</a>

<p class="MsoNormal">

manager at:

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

For more general discussions and exchanges of ideas there is

</p>

owns UBL?</h2>

UBL is owned by OASIS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to

Technical Committee made up of XML and business experts.

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136266" title="_Toc262136266"></a><span><span>7.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">     </span></span></span>How

<p class="MsoNormal">

used without charge by anyone.

<p class="MsoNormal">

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) mode known as &quot;Royalty Free on Limited

Essential Claims using the RF licensing elements described in Sections 10.2.1

</p>

<a href="http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php">http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php</a>

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136267" title="_Toc262136267"></a><span><span>8.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">     </span></span></span>Can

<p class="MsoNormal">

satisfy business requirements well enough to be used without modification. The

these environments, UBL can work right out of the box.

<p class="MsoNormal">

UBL to apply additional business rules and information requirements to

complete solution to this problem but instead takes an extremely pragmatic

real-world cases.

<p class="MsoNormal">

area in which trading partners may, by agreement, include any data not already

extension area and coordinating its use is, of course, the responsibility of

flexibility in individual trading relationships without requiring modification

</p>

Implementers of UBL typically use customization techniques

To assist in developing these, the UBL Guidelines for Customization are

</p>

<a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/guidelines/UBL2-Customization1.0cs01.pdf">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/guidelines/UBL2-Customization1.0cs01.pdf</a>

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136268" title="_Toc262136268"></a><span><span>9.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">     </span></span></span>Has

<p class="MsoNormal">

impossible to track implementations with any accuracy.<span>  </span>However, over the past 10 years a number of

Committee.<span>  </span>Some of these are listed

communities have also contributed to the ongoing development of UBL.

<p class="MsoNormal">

significant large-scale, real-world adoption in public procurement programmes<span>, initially in Europe and now in other

</span></span><span> </span>

<p class="MsoNormal">

standard has been mandated by law for all public-sector business in Denmark. Several

Ministry of Finance estimates savings to the government of 100 million euros

wider-ranging <a href="http://www.oioubl.info/classes/en/index.html">OIOUBL

established Denmark as a world leader in electronic invoicing best practice.

<p class="MsoNormal">

initiative scaled UBL adoption across 11 countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland,

Kingdom. <span> </span><span>In March 2014 the OpenPEPPOL association, set up to ensure long term

and private sector, from 18 European countries, including Russia and USA.<span>  </span>In April 2014, the UK National Health

largest employer, announced that PEPPOL standards (including UBL) would be the

</p>

Government adoption in this way has a stimulating effect on

commercial and policy issues.<span>  </span>In most

procurement have traction that encourages adoption by other parts of the

</p>

The current implementations of UBL known to the UBL

</p>

Public Procurement initiatives:

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst">

</span></span></span><a href="http://www.peppol.eu/">PEPPOL</a>

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

(Norway)

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span><a href="http://www.sfti.se/specifikationer/svefaktura">Svefaktura</a> (Sweden)

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span><a href="http://www.icepro.is/Pages/NewsInfo.aspx?id=83">E-Invoicing</a> (Iceland)

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics/supplier_portal/index_en.htm">ePrior</a>

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

Trading Communities:

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraph">

</span></span></span>Textile, Clothing and Footwear (<a href="http://ebiz-tcf.eu/">eBiz-TCF</a>)

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

<a href="http://www.fundtech.com/products/cash-management/accountis-eipp/?redirect_source=accountis.com">Accountis</a>,

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

Providers Association</a>)

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

(European Commission, DG MOVE)

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle">

</span></span></span><a href="http://www.hk-dttn.com/home/english/home.html">DTTN</a> (Port of Hong

</p>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span>o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      

(CrimsonLogic, Singapore)

<p style="margin-left: 57.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpLast">

</span></span></span><a href="http://www.its.dot.gov/efm/">Electronic

</p>

UBL in other contexts?</h2>

Yes. Many communities have successfully built their own XML

submitted to the UBL Technical Committee as candidates for inclusion in the

</p>

Others have used the UBL’s Naming and Design Rules to create

</p>

effort still open to participation?</h2>

Yes! Anyone interested in the further development of UBL

at the following URL:

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

UBL facilitate international trade?</h2>

<span>One of the challenges

improve their international supply chains their primary consideration is trust

authenticity of the processes and partners they are dealing with.<span>  </span>Fundamental to establishing this trust are

certainty… and certainty enables trust.</span>

<p class="MsoNormal">

lies in the definition of a standard set of XML documents that provide the

documents designed in a way that recognizes established commercial and legal

</p>

Exchanging standard UBL documents ensures that the

interoperable with trading partners.

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><span><span>13.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span> </span><a name="_Toc262136272" title="_Toc262136272"></a>Can I use UBL in a

<p class="MsoNormal">

many developing countries around the world as a major platform for

involved in international trade. Recognized as effective trade facilitation

Agreement, regulatory Single Window systems are increasingly being adopted by

</p>

However, international trade transactions require a number

coordinated.

<p class="MsoNormal">

demonstrated that UBL is a suitable standard for implementing the commercial,

regulatory Single Windows.

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136273" title="_Toc262136273"></a><span><span>14.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Is UBL a

<p class="MsoNormal">

effective comes from a recent article published by the American National

</p>

<em><span> </span>“When

the World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement

which states that the global relevance of a standard is determined by how it

development of international standards must rely upon a number of principles,

others.</em>

<p style="margin: 0in 46.45pt 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal">

standard cannot and should not be measured by which organization developed it.

view, the best measure of an international standard.”<a name="_ftnref2" href="#_ftn2" title="_ftnref2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Cambria"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria">[2]</span></strong></span></span></span></span></a></em>

<p class="MsoNormal">

international standard in compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO)

</p>

The strength of UBL (as with any standard) is that:

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in" class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst">

</span></span></span>it is an open global standard (from a recognized

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

</p>

<span style="font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">        

has market adoption).<span>  </span>

<p class="MsoNormal">

development consortia) and OASIS has recently submitted UBL 2.1 to the ISO-IEC

standard.<span>  </span>This will ensure that UBL is

layers of governance for the long-term sustainability of UBL.

<p class="MsoNormal">

effective global standards.

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136274" title="_Toc262136274"></a><span><span>15.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>What is

<p class="MsoNormal">

number of ebXML participants to define a standard XML payload format for ebXML

UN/EDIFACT. The ebXML suite of specifications, many of them now standardized as

enables EDI functionality over the free Internet.

<p class="MsoNormal">

exchanged in such an infrastructure. However, UBL is designed to be

be used in a very wide range of functional contexts, from complex

documents via email.

<h2 style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><a name="_Toc262136275" title="_Toc262136275"></a><span><span>16.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>What is

<p class="MsoNormal">

produced in full conformance with UN/CEFACT's ebXML Core Components Technical Specification

</p>

The UBL library consists of ebXML CCTS Business Information

Naming and Design Rules (NDRs) to an underlying data model mapped to the Core

</p>

For more information please see the UBL Committee Note on “<span>UBL Conformance to ebXML CCTS” at:</span>

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

the relationship of UBL to UN/CEFACT?</h2>

The UBL Technical Committee is concerned about the

standards.<span>  </span>This is a misrepresentation

</p>

UN/CEFACT is the subcommittee of the UN Economic Commission

standards for electronic business for international trade facilitation.<span>  </span>The foundation of UN/CEFACT is maintenance of

intergovernmental body UN/CEFACT has a strong influence in public sector policy

Unfortunately, there is a belief (sometimes expressed by members of UN/CEFACT)

electronic business and that as part of the United Nations, UN/CEFACT holds a

electronic business standards development activities (for example, UBL) are in

necessary.

<p class="MsoNormal">

where there is very little true standardization, UBL is the nearest the world

international supply chain.<span>  </span>And </span>the

current and future stakeholder communities.

<p class="MsoNormal">

statement on the role of the various standards bodies:

<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal">

other messages using its functionality, syntax and/or directories, UN/CEFACT is

associated implementation guidelines.</em>

<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal">

for electronic business is broader than UN/EDIFACT, it is recognized that ISO

maintenance of standardized syntaxes for electronic business</em>.”

<p class="MsoNormal">

development consortia) and OASIS has recently submitted UBL 2.1 to the ISO-IEC

standard.

<p class="MsoNormal">

to UBL from UN/CEFACT. However<span>, there

develop these duplicate standards were launched after the publication of

messages there is little evidence of any real-world implementations using

</p>

The situation with UN/CEFACT XML today is that while

work of UN/CEFACT, most do not use UN/CEFACT’s XML standards. Instead they seek

responsible public sector agencies in Northern Europe joined forces to

</p>

Overall, it is difficult to see the benefits to users in

implemented and operational across many communities.

<p class="MsoNormal">

Committee are continuing to work with UN/CEFACT management to establish

</p>

UBL support the European electronic invoicing Directive?</h2>

The European Directive on electronic invoicing in public

authorities in all EU member states to receive electronic invoices.  One

model of the core elements of an electronic invoice (the ‘European standard on

this is published, public sector contracting authorities will be obliged to

that comply with the European semantic standard.

<p class="MsoNormal">

the European standard for electronic invoicing and we expect UBL will be one of

</p>

</span></span></span>Will UBL be the standard European invoice

<p style="margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal">

syntax for European invoices.<span>  </span>The

format is to be used, only the semantics of the required information.  

<p style="margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal">

Profile will be a key foundation of the European semantics and as the

Europe, the expectation is that the established BII user community will be

</p>

While there will not be a European standard for

the most effective implementation of the European standard on electronic

</p>

</span></span></span>Isn’t this yet another standard?</h3>

No, fortunately this work is already well established

evolution of standards.  The obligation is for invoices to contain core

a new piece of work.  These requirements will be based on existing

semantic data model used in the BII Profiles for post-award processes.

<h3 style="margin-left: 0.55in; text-indent: -0.3in"><a name="_Toc262136280" title="_Toc262136280"></a><span><span>18.3.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">                   

look like?</h3>

We expect that various subsets of the UBL Invoice

core elements of information (the semantics) defined by the European standard

</p>

</span></span></span>Should I delay my electronic invoicing programme

<p style="margin-left: 0.25in" class="MsoNormal">

intention of the Directive. The work of the CEN BII Workshop will be a key

and UBL will be one of the syntaxes identified. Therefore, the current CEN BII

standard and so can be implemented with some confidence that this will comply

</p>

&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal">

</p>

<br />

<div id="ftn1">

<a name="_ftn1" href="#_ftnref1" title="_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Cambria"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a>

Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and

</p>

<div id="ftn2">

<a name="_ftn2" href="#_ftnref2" title="_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Cambria"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a>

Continued Dialogue on Standards for EU-U.S. Transatlantic Trade and Investment

October 11, 2013 (</span><a href="http://ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&amp;articleid=3754"><span style="font-size: 10pt">http://ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&amp;articleid=3754</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt">)</span>

</div>

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>

</w:LatentStyles>

<style>

table.MsoNormalTable

mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;

mso-style-noshow:yes;

mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;

mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;

font-size:10.0pt;

mso-ansi-language:#0400;

mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

<![endif]-->