France (CII(INV)): Invoice Line Preceding Invoice Reference

You can model references to preceding invoices at the line level.

You can use the Preceding Invoice Document Type Code element to reference the InvoiceTypeCode used in the preceding invoice. This allows you to refer to a specific preceding invoice in each line.

Elements

Element	Cardinality	Description
Billing Reference (`Invoice/InvoiceLine /BillingReference/InvoiceDocumentReference`)	0..n	A group for references to a preceding Document.
Preceding Invoice Reference (`Invoice/InvoiceLine /BillingReference/InvoiceDocumentReference/ID`)	1..1	Specify the number of the referenced document.
Preceding Invoice Reference UUID (`Invoice/InvoiceLine /BillingReference/InvoiceDocumentReference/UUID`)	1..1	Specify the UUID of the referenced Document.
Preceding Invoice Date (`Invoice/InvoiceLine /BillingReference/InvoiceDocumentReference/IssueDate`)	1..1	The date the reference Document was issued.
Preceding Invoice Document Type Code (`Invoice/InvoiceLine /BillingReference/InvoiceDocumentReference/DocumentTypeCode`)	0..1	Code specifying the Invoice Type Code of the preceding invoice.

Example

<ubl:Invoice>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    <cac:InvoiceLine>
        <cac:BillingReference>
            <cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
                <cbc:ID>INV-99887766</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:IssueDate>2025-09-30</cbc:IssueDate>
                <cbc:DocumentTypeCode>380</cbc:DocumentTypeCode>
            </cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
        </cac:BillingReference>
    </cac:InvoiceLine>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
</ubl:Invoice>

Updated 3 days ago