Managing electronic documents in Finland

As a Continia Document Capture customer in Finland, you can exchange electronic documents through the Peppol eDelivery Network. Additionally, you can receive electronic documents directly into Document Capture via email attachments.

Finland has been implementing electronic invoicing for over two decades now. Since 2021, the Finnish Government and sub-national public administrations only accept and process electronic invoices that comply with the EN standard. Three formats are used in Finland:

• Finvoice 3.0
• TEAPPSXML
• Peppol BIS 3.0

By 2022, almost 90% of all B2B invoices and 98% of all B2G invoices were sent as electronic invoices. 68% of the B2G invoices were compliant with the Peppol standard, which led to the decision for state-level procurement to move forward with this standard.

From April 2024, the Finnish Government requires its suppliers to be able to exchange Peppol order and order response messages. This requirement will not be enforced by law but through procurement contracts.

Based on past experience, the B2B sector is likely to follow the public example once again. Therefore, Finland is closely monitoring the development of the future PINT format for Peppol, as well as the extension of supported document types for Advanced Ordering and Peppol Logistics.

The table below outlines the current regulatory states and future outlooks for B2G, B2B, and B2C (business-to-consumer) sectors.