Which AP Invoice Workflow launched in R12

Dear experts,
Here is the background:
I am looking at a R12 environment, migrating from an 11.5.10 with customisations.
In both environments I am looking at the workflow's that are lauched following the creation of a simple Invoice under 'Payables Manager' , followed by clicking on the 'Initiate Approval' invoice action.
In both environments, there is a subscription to the business event: 'oracle.apps.ap.event.invoice.approval' which launches the workflow Item Type: APINV. This set up is identical in both.
The Problem:
When I go to Status Monitor I can see the following workflows launched after creating an invoice and initiating the approval:
1) R12 : 'AP Invoice Approval', Item Type - APINVAPR
2) 11.5.10 : 'AP Invoice', Item Type - APINV
Therefore, different workflow's are lauched between the two releases. As APINV is subscribed to ''oracle.apps.ap.event.invoice.approval', why is this not launched in R12? Also, APINAPR does not have an Event item in the workflow - where is it initiated from?
Could the differences between the two releases be to do with AME set up?
Many thanks for your anticipated help,
Mark

Please see if (R12: Status of the Invoice Becomes Blank After Applying a Prepayment [ID 733006.1]) is applicable.
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