UNECE E-INVOICES

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations is pushing for an increase in the use of electronic invoices, developing guidelines for harmonising the format, legal and technical requirements of these documents. Its Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) is adapting to e-invoices its 'Recommendation 6 on the Invoice for International Trade', providing a solution easily implemented by all companies, it said. A draft will be presented during a UN/CEFACT International Forum, in Geneva in June. The agency is concerned 95% of invoices in Europe and the ...


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