According to the Ministerial Order 254/2019-XXI, the Portuguese Tax Authority has postponed the mandatory use of certified software for non-resident companies from 1 July 2019 to 1 January 2020.

According to the latest news from Greece, the introduction of mandatory e-invoicing will be delayed for now and not introduced before April 2020.

France started introducing electronic invoice issuance and clearing via the tax authorities in January 2017. After four years, from 2020, all companies holding a public contract must transmit their invoices in the electronic form to their public sector customers (state, local authorities, public establishments, etc.). 

As the first country in Europe, Italy introduced a Digital Service Tax (DST) from 1st January 2020. Digital Service Tax shall be calculated by applying the 3% rate to the amount of taxable revenues obtained by the taxable person during the calendar year.