PEPPOL means Pan-European Public Procurement OnLine. It is a set of structures and features that enable cross-border e-Procurement.
The aim is to use open standards to speed up a fully electronically supported public procurement and procurement process (public e-Tendering) and save costs. PEPPOL provides a set of technical features that can implement in ePurchase solutions and eCommerce exchange services. A multilateral transaction governs the use of the PEPPOL structure owned and maintained by OpenPeppol.
The PEPPOL network for the exchange of UBL documents is called the “4-corner model” and consists of:
1.Channel,
2.Transmitter Access Point,
3. Receiver Access Point and
4. Receiver.
These documents include eOrders, eInvoices, eCatalogs, etc. take place.
Peppol Access Points connect users to the Peppol network and exchange electronic documents according to Peppol specifications. Buyers and suppliers are free to choose their preferred single access point provider to connect to all Peppol participants already on the network.
In this context, Peppol provides:
- Market enablement for interoperable eProcurement solutions
- Standards-based business process interoperability
- Peppol eDelivery Network and Peppol Transport Infrastructure Agreements, which form the technical and legal basis of interoperability
- Simplification and improvement the recruitment process for buyers and suppliers who want to engage in e-commerce.
Peppol Components
Peppol bases on three main pillars:
1.Network (Peppol eDelivery Network).
2.Document specifications (Peppol Business Interoperability Specifications ‘BIS’)
3.Legal framework defining network governance (Peppol Transport Infrastructure Agreements — TIA)
Peppol International Invoice (PINT)
Based on existing definitions/standards for e-invoicing in the Peppol network. A new concept has been created for a defined standard for electronic invoices in the Peppol network, with the Peppol-BIS-Billing 3.0 standard and its country-specific specifications, for example, Australia and New Zealand.
The starting point for these invoices is a core invoice concept defined by the European Union. It is an extension of Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 that covers billing requirements in countries. Peppol standards will include the name “Peppol International Invoice” (PINT).
The PINT concept not only includes the definition of the document standard but also a conceptual/technical extension that simplifies the specification of which document types can receive. With the new definition, it will be possible to make the definition in the sense of a “wildcard” so that everyone who complies with the specified document type can be received.
