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(20) In its request to the relevant European standardisation organisation, the Commission should require that the European standard on electronic invoicing be technologically neutral in order to avoid any distortion of competition, that it be compatible with relevant international standards on electronic invoicing in order to prevent suppliers from third countries encountering technical market access barriers and to make it easier for European suppliers to send electronic invoices to buyers in third countries, and that it comply with Council Directive 2006/112/EC Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1). . Since electronic invoices may contain personal data, the Commission should also require that the European standard on electronic invoicing takes account of the protection of personal data, in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31). and the principles of data protection by design, proportionality and data minimisation. In addition to those minimum requirements, the Commission should determine, in its request to the relevant European standardisation organisation, further requirements as to the content of the European standard on electronic invoicing and a deadline for its adoption.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.