Strasbourg, 15/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 14 April, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate a directive aiming to encourage the use of new technologies in public procurement. The directive provides for the introduction of common standards on electronic invoices. The standards must be adopted no later than 36 months after the entry into force of the directive. A year and a half later, all national public authorities must use the standards. Local and regional...