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 2.1 and on business
processes or profiles defined by the European wide
CEN/BII workshop. Documents 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
IBX Connect platform is an official PEPPOL AccessPoint. EHF business documents can be exchanged via the PEPPOL infrastructure as well as via the standard IBX Connect interfaces: via HTTPs and FTPs/SFTP with or without SOAP envelope.
Document types and validation
The norwegian EHF standard includes the document types
Invoice, CreditNote and Reminder as well as Catalogue and Order, OrderResponse and DespatchAdvice following the standard UBL 2.1 XML schema (XSD) and
the PEPPOL BIS specifications plus additional requirements specified by the
Norwegian Accounting Legislation. Currently supported by the IBX Connect platform are
Invoice, CreditNote, Reminder, Catalogue, Order, OrderResponse and DespatchAdvice. 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 .
From April 1, 2019 the use of the new EHF Billing 3.0/PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 is mandatory within the public Sector of Norway.
See New date for mandatory EHF Billing 3.0
Official EHF resources:
Supported UBL Document types: