The new Peppol Interoperability Framework comes into full force on is now complete and applies since 1 July 2022, wen the new Peppol Agreements take efect.
In this space you will find the latest versions of all documents related to the Peppol Governance Framework.
A. Background
The agreement revision process originated from the new Statutes approved by GA10 in 2018 and went through a number of phases. As final phase the Agreements Revision Task Force was established:
The Agreements Revision Task Force (ARTF) was established in December 2020 with a mandate by the Managing Committee to produce a new set of deliverables - Agreements, Internal Regulations and Operational Procedures.
The documents produced by the ARTF were subject to an open review during May-June 2021 and final versions were made available in September 2021.
The new Agreements
were approved in October 2021 and Internal Regulations in November 2021. Operational Procedures and other supporting documents were approved in February 2022.
Revised versions of the Peppol Agreements and Internal Regulations were approved in June 2022.
Below you can find links to all documents contained in the Peppol Interoperability Framework.
B. Aproved documents
B1.
ThePeppol Agreements
The revised latest version 4.0.1 of the new Peppol Authority Agreement and Peppol Service Provider Agreements were formally approved for implementation through a vote amongst the Peppol Authorities in October 2021, according to the provisions of the then valid Peppol Transport Infrastructure Agreement (TIA) annex 6.The revised set of Peppol Agreement documents takes effect Service Provider Agreement contain error corrections and revised guidance in Annexes. The changes with respect to version 4.00 are purely editorial and do not affect the legal provisions they contain.
The new set of Peppol Agreements entered into force on 1 July 2022.
Document Title | File | Status |
Peppol Authority Agreement | Approved by the PAs on 23 June 2022 | |
Service Provider Agreement |
B2. Internal Regulations on the Use of the Peppol Network
The ltest latest version of the internal regulations on the OpenPeppol Internal Regulations Part II - Use of the Peppol Network inclues the following changes:
Entity Identification Policy
Data Usage and Reporting Policy - applicability postponed, date to be set in the future
(version 2.0.0) was approved for implementation on November 29, 2023. This version introduces changes to the following policies:
Change Management Policy
Data Collection, Reporting and Usage Policy
PA Specific Requirements
Removal of the Semantic versioning Annex
As per the approved migration plan, version 2.0.0 takes effect on the date of publication.
Document Title | File | Status |
Internal Regulations Part II - Use of the Peppol Network |
Approved by the MC in the |
MC182 meeting on |
29 November 2023 |
B3. Peppol Authority Specific Requirements (PASR)
The new PA Specific Requirements are nοw approved in their new version and replace the ones that were stated in Annex 5 of the old TIA.
With the new Peppol Interoperability Framework, PASR apply automatically across the Peppol Network to all Service Providers that offer services (have sender and/or receiver customers) located within the jurisdiction of a Peppol Authority.
In 2022, 11 Peppol Authorities have drafted specific requirements now established PASR for their jurisdiction. When providing Peppol services in that jurisdiction these specific requirements apply on top of the general Peppol requirements. The PASR were approved by the OpenPeppol Managing Committee in its MC168 meeting on 28.06.2022, whereas 5 Peppol Authorities and OpenPeppol as PA do not apply PASR. The UK PA is not signing SP Agreements at the moment.
The Peppol Authority Specific Requiremnts Requirements can be found here.
B4. Operational Procedures
A number of operating procedures has been developed to expand on the legal obligations assumed through the Peppol agreements and the rules and provisions in the OpenPeppol Internal Regulations for the use of the Peppol Network.
The Operational Procedures were approved by the OpenPeppol Managing Committee in its MC161 meeting on 15.02.2022 as part of the Peppol Interoperability Framework.
Document Title | File | Status |
Change Management | Approved by the MC in the MC161 meeting on 15 February 2022 | |
Extended Use | ||
Issue Reporting and Management | OP - Issue Reporting and Management_v1.0_APPROVED 2022.02.15 | |
Non-compliance Management | ||
Onboarding and Accreditation of Peppol Service Providers | OP - Onboarding and Accreditation of Peppol Service Providers_v1.0_APPROVED 2022.02.15 | |
Peppol Authority Specific Requirements | OP - Peppol Authority Specific Requirements_v1.0_APPROVED 2022.02.15 | |
Reporting of Statistics |
B5. Supporting documents
For completeness, some additional documents are provided as part of the Peppol Governance Framework:
List of applicable specifications
Consolidated Inventory (updated 16.02.2022)
Post-Award Service Domain
Pre-Award Service Domain
eDelivery Specifications (all Service Domains)
Service Level Requirements (approved 15.02.2022)
Explanatory note on the Service Level Requirements
C. Reference documents
D. Feedback
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