EU to revise electronic signature law next year to promote electronic invoice

December 9 News, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reported that the EU will amend the electronic Signature Act in 2011 (e-signatures Directive) makes electronic signatures from different EU Member States easier to read, identify, and accept, with the aim of encouraging enterprises to use electronic invoices more and making electronic invoices the preferred invoice form for European enterprises.

The European Commission said in a statement: "The current European electronic invoice regulations are not uniform, electronic invoices, many of the convenience has not been excavated." The amendment of the electronic signature law is to eliminate the relevant barriers, so that electronic invoices in the EU generally used. ”

The EU also lists three major barriers to electronic invoicing: ensuring the harmonization of the legal environment for the use of electronic invoices, persuading small and medium-sized enterprises to use them, and establishing uniform standards to ensure that electronic invoices are mutually acceptable.