The Peppol Interoperability Framework comes into full force on 1 July 2022, wen the new Peppol Agreements take efectThe new Peppol Interoperability Framework is now complete and applies since 1 July 2022.

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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

1. The new Agreements

1. were approved in October 2021 and Internal Regulations in November 2021. Operational Procedures and other supporting documents were approved in February 2022.

2. 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.

Peppol 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.

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B2. Internal Regulations on the Use of the Peppol Network

The internal regulations on the latest version of the OpenPeppol Internal Regulations Part II - Use of the Peppol Network were (version 2.0.0) was approved for implementation by the Managing Committee in November 16, 2021.

The policies contained in the IR are in effect as of 16 November 2021, except for three policies. The following policies are in effect as of 1 July 2022:

• Entity Identification Policy

• Information Security Policy

The Data Usage and Reporting Policy is suspended until further noticeon 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.

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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 MC 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 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.

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)

  • eDelivery codelists

• Service Level Requirements (approved 15.02.2022)

  • Explanatory note on the Service Level Requirements

C. Reference documents

• Current Statutes of OpenPeppol AISBL

D. Feedback

If you have any questions please let us know by email to info@peppol.eusubmit them through the Service Desk.