DIN CWA 16562:2013-07

This European CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA 16562:2013) has been prepared at CEN by CEN Workshop CEN/WS BII2 "Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public procurement in Europe phase 2", the secretariat of which is held by NEN (Netherlands). BII profiles are intended to support transmission of electronic documents for processing in semi-automated processes by the receiver. The profiles shall cover the following domains: - communication between businesses "B2B" (Business to Business) and communication between businesses and the authorities "B2G" (Business to Government) - common business processes for purchasing goods and/or services across industries and across borders - regional procurement within EU and EEA. The profiles are expected to be applicable to other regions following a review of regional requirements. The transactions specified in the profiles are intended to be exchanged between the application systems of customers and suppliers. This means that it is expected that customers and suppliers have connected their systems to the internet, and that they have middleware in place to enable them to send and receive the transactions in a secure way, using an agreed syntax.