Elektronisk handelsformat (EHF)
EHF is the standard format for electronic invoices and credit notes for the public sector of Norway. It is based on the XML format UBL 2.0 and on business processes or profiles defined by the European wide CEN/BII workshop. Invoices in EHF format meet the requirements of the Norwegian Accounting Act. The EHF standard is maintained by DIFI, the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment in Norway. Since the HubBroker iPaaS is an official PEPPOL AccessPoint EHF Invoices, CreditNotes and Reminders can be exchanged via the PEPPOL infrastructure as well as via the standard HubBroker iPaaS interfaces: via HTTPs and FTPs/SFTP with or without SOAP envelope. During autumn 2013 an implementation guide also for orders and order responses according to EHF and UBL 2.1 standards will be released officially. Examples of purchase orders and order responses fulfilling the EHF requirements can be found on this website.
Document types and validation
The norwegian subset of UBL includes the document types Invoice, CreditNote and Reminder as well as Catalogue and Order, OrderResponse following the standard UBL 2.0 resp. UBL 2.1 XML schema (XSD) and the CEN/BII profile specifications plus additional requirements specified by the Norwegian Accounting Legislation. Currently supported by the HubBroker iPaaS are Invoice, CreditNote, Reminder,Catalogue, Order and OrderResponse. More details can be downloaded from DIFI's official homepage via the link below. EHF documents can be validated online using the DIFI's EHF XML Validator.
Official EHF resources:
- Elektronisk handelsformat (EHF) - guidelines for implementation
- EHF toolbox
- EHF Invoice structure guide
- EHF Reminder structure guide
- DIFI's EHF XML Validator
EHF Invoice examples:
- EHF Invoice example with standard elements
- EHF Invoice human readable example with standard elements
- EHF Invoice example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope
- EHF Invoice example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope including an embedded attachment
- EHF Invoice example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope including an attachment as link
- EHF Invoice example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope including an attachment in MIME structure
EHF CreditNote examples:
- EHF CreditNote example with standard elements
- EHF CreditNote human readable example with standard elements
- EHF CreditNote example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope
- EHF CreditNote example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope including an embedded attachment
- EHF CreditNote example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope including an attachment as link
- EHF CreditNote example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope including an attachment in MIME structure
EHF Reminder examples:
- EHF Reminder example with standard elements
- EHF Reminder human readable example with standard elements
- EHF Reminder example with standard elements and SOAP 1.2 envelope
