• 05/11/2026
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Supported electronic document formats

There are various options available for managing electronic documents with Continia Document Capture, depending on the type of electronic documents and files you're dealing with:

  • CDN - the Continia Delivery Network (CDN) facilitates the exchange of files, both sending and receiving, and connects to Peppol or NemHandel in Denmark supporting the following electronic document formats:
    • Peppol - Peppol BIS 3.0 and Peppol order, and related responses.
    • NemHandel - OIOUBL (Offentlig Information Online Universal Business Language) and OIOUBL order, and related responses in Denmark.
  • Email - you can receive electronic documents via email, which are monitored by Document Capture.

The table below displays a list of supported formats for each country when receiving files via email or via the CDN.

CountryFormatDeliveryComments
Australia

A-NZ Peppol BIS 3.0,
Peppol BIS 3.0,
PINT A-NZ

CDN, email/file

Country standard being adopted by businesses and public entities.

A-NZ Peppol BIS 3.0 is an Australian/New Zealand Peppol extension that contains additional rules.

PINT A-NZ is a more standardized and internationally aligned format. Since 15 May, 2025, the A-NZ Peppol BIS 3.0 extensions are no longer supported – and all eInvoicing must use the PINT A-NZ specification.

AustriaPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileOne of multiple country standards being adopted by businesses and public entities.
BelgiumPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileCountry standard supported by all public entities and in the process of being adopted by businesses.
Denmark

Peppol BIS 3.0,
OIOUBL1,
OIOUTS2,
OIOXML3

CDN, email/file

Peppol is a country standard supported by all public entities and in the process of being adopted by businesses.

With the introduction of the Danish Bookkeeping Act (Act No.700 of 24 May 2022), all Danish organizations must be registered with NemHandel and be able to send and receive electronic invoices and credit memos in the Danish OIOUBL format via the NemHandel network.

FinlandPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/file

Partly being adopted by businesses and public entities.

TEAPPSXML is currently not supported, but may be in the future.

France

Factur-X,
UBL FR,
UBL EXTENDED-CTC,
CII FR,
CII EXTENDED-CTC,
Peppol BIS3

CDN, email/file

Continia supports the formats required from 1 September 2026 by the French eInvoicing framework. The EXTENDED-CTC versions of UBL and CII extend the standard formats with France-specific elements to support French business scenarios.

Factur-X, a hybrid electronic invoice standard that combines a PDF/A-3 layer with an embedded cross-industry XML layer into a single file. Factur-X invoices must be sent via email to ensure proper transmission and receipt.

Cross Domain Acknowledgement and Response (CDAR), a standardized acknowledgement/response message for electronic document life-cycle management with France-specific rule sets.

eReporting, a mandatory reporting mechanism used to transmit specific data – such as B2C and cross‑border B2B transaction data or payment information – in XML form.

Currently, France has no legal requirement to use Peppol BIS3, but this format can be used for international transactions.

Germany

XRechnung 2.0 and later,
Peppol BIS 3.0,
ZUGFeRD 2.1.1

CDN, email/file

Country standard supported by all public entities and in the process of being adopted by businesses.

XRechnung is a German Peppol extension that contains additional rules.

For ZUGFeRD, the following formats are currently supported (only email/file transfer):

  • ZUGFeRD 1.0 (Continia no longer provides the required templates by default, though they're available on request.)
  • ZUGFeRD 2.0 (extended, as PDF/A-3 with integrated XML or as XML only)
  • ZUGFeRD 2.1.1 (extended, as PDF/A-3 with integrated XML or as XML only)
  • ZUGFeRD Profile XInvoice as XML (XInvoice CII)

The ZUGFeRD format complies with the EU directive as of version 2.0.

IcelandPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileCountry standard supported by all public entities.
IrelandPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileIreland has decided to use Peppol as a document delivery method, but this isn't enforced at the moment.
Netherlands

Peppol BIS 3.0,
SimplerInvoicing

CDN4, email/file

Country standard being adopted by businesses and public authorities.

SimplerInvoicing is a Dutch, B2B implementation of the UBL (Universal Business Language) standards, known as SI-UBL.

New Zealand

A-NZ Peppol BIS 3.0,
Peppol BIS 3.0,
PINT A-NZ

CDN, email/file

Country standard being adopted by businesses and public authorities.

A-NZ Peppol BIS 3.0 is an Australian/New Zealand Peppol extension that contains additional rules.

PINT A-NZ is a more standardized and internationally aligned format. Since 15 May, 2025, the A-NZ Peppol BIS 3.0 extensions are no longer supported – and all eInvoicing must use the PINT A-NZ specification.

Norway

Peppol BIS 3.0,
EHF 3.0

CDN, email/file

Country standard supported by all public entities and most businesses.

Peppol BIS 3.0 is sometimes also referred to as EHF 3.0.

Other countriesPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileStandard Peppol invoicing format.
PolandPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileCountry standard supported by all public entities and in the process of being adopted by businesses.
PortugalPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileCountry standard supported by all public entities and in the process of being adopted by businesses.
SwedenPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/filePeppol is the new country standard supported by all public government entities and in the process of being adopted by businesses.
United KingdomPeppol BIS 3.0CDN, email/fileThere's currently no standard, but the NHS has implemented Peppol BIS 3.
United StatesCustomEmail/fileThere's no country-wide standard, but custom formats can be configured.
  1. The OIOUBL format is supported as of Document Capture 2022 R1 Service Pack 1 (v9.01) and Continia Delivery Network v3.01. For older versions, documents must be delivered via email/file instead.
  2. The OIOUTS format is supported as of Document Capture 2023 R1 (v11) and Continia Delivery Network v5.00. For older versions, documents must be delivered via email/file instead.

  3. The OIOXML format was replaced by the OIOUBL format. Documents of this type can only be delivered via email/file.

  4. Starting with Document Capture 2023 R2 Service Pack 2, customers in the Netherlands are able to connect directly to the Peppol eDelivery Network. For more information, see Managing electronic documents in the Netherlands.

Setting up the Continia Delivery Network