France (CII(INV)): Preceding Invoice Reference

You can reference the Document Type Code and other information about a referenced preceding invoice.

You can specify the InvoiceTypeCode value from the original invoice in the Preceding Invoice Document Type Code element.

Elements

Use the BillingReference element to model this information:

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

Example

<ubl:Invoice>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    <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>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
</ubl:Invoice>

Updated about 18 hours ago