- In France, 1.9 billion bills are exchanged annually between companies, but only 80 million (4.2%) are digitized using the internet or electronic data interchange (EDI). 43 million are digitized in structured EDI format. - Processing paper bills manually costs an average of €8 for the transmitter and €15 for the recipient. Electronic bills cost around 50% less than paper bills. - The French government estimates that €5-7 billion per year will be saved from 2007 onwards by government agencies sending remote statements like taxes electronically.