E-invoicing at the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute

The Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute is legally obliged to receive and process invoices transmitted electronically (e-invoice). Here you will find important information to prepare for creating and submitting e-invoices to direct and indirect Federal Administration authorities.

https://www.e-rechnung-bund.de/rechnungssteller/

Electronic invoices using the XRechnung standard for contracts with the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute can be transmitted free of charge using the Federal Government’s Central Invoice Submission Portal (CISP). You can access the platform at

xrechnung.bund.de

In accordance withSection 5 of the Ordinance on Electronic Invoicing in Federal Public Procurement (ERechV), an electronic invoice must show, in addition to the information required for purposes of value-added tax (cf. Section 14 Value Added Tax Law (UstG)), at least the following information:

  • buyer reference (‘Leitweg-ID’ in German): 991-04361-66 (or 0204:991-04361-66 if you use Peppol).
  • terms of payment or due date
  • bank details of the payment recipient
  • email of the invoice issuer
  • purchase order number (15-stellig/7395xxx000JJxxx)
  • supplier number (395xxxxxx)

Information material

More detailed information about the invoice submission platform is available in the Brochure for Billers, the Supplier Information and in the Pan-European Public Procurement OnLine (Peppol) Guidelines, which provide information about using the Peppol input channel for the CISP.