/ubl:Invoice/cac:BillingReference

Preceding Invoice Reference

France | VRBL-Invoice-FR-CIUS-1p0
Context ID INV0167
Usage C
Usage Description

To be used in case:

  • a preceding invoice is corrected
  • preceding partial invoices are referred to from a final invoice
    -preceding pre-payment invoices are referred to from a final invoice

(BR-FR-CO-04)
If the invoice codetype (BT-3) is included in the following list:

Credit notes:

  • Self-invoiced credit note (261)
  • Credit note (381)
  • Invoiced credit note (396)
  • Self-invoiced and invoiced credit note (502) (*)
  • Credit note for deposit invoice (503) (*)

Then AT LEAST one Reference to a previous invoice (BT-25) must be present along with its Date (BT-26) OR a Reference to a previous online invoice (EXT-FR-FE-136) must be present on each line (BG-25), along with its date (EXT-FR-FE-138)"

(BR-FR-CO-05)
If the invoice codetype (BT-3) is included in the following list:

  • Corrective invoice (384)
  • Self-invoiced corrective invoice (471) (*)
  • Factored corrective invoice (472) (*)
  • Self-invoiced and factored corrective invoice (473) (*)

Then one and only one reference to a previous invoice (BT-25) must be present, along with its date (BT-26)

(BR-FR-CPRO-20)
B2G - Only one reference to a previous invoice is permitted. BG-3 group must appear only once.
Format
Mandate Business Term Code BG-3
Final Format Path /Invoice/cac:BillingReference

Description

A group of business terms providing information on one or more preceding Invoices. A credit note or an invoice correction can refer to one or more initial or preceding invoices. Also used for debit notes and other invoice like messages which make references to preceding invoices.

Also used to indicate preceding partial- or prepayed invoices in a final invoice.

Child elements
Usage Element Description Cardinality
M cac:InvoiceDocumentReference Invoice Document Reference

A reference to an invoice.

 0..1
Details

Example: FR-B2B-max.xml

<ubl:Invoice>
  <!-- ... omitted for readability -->
  <cac:BillingReference>
    <cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
      <cbc:ID>INV-PREV-001</cbc:ID>
      <cbc:IssueDate>2023-09-27</cbc:IssueDate>
      <cbc:DocumentTypeCode>380</cbc:DocumentTypeCode>
    </cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
  </cac:BillingReference>
  <!-- ... omitted for readability -->
</ubl:Invoice>
Rules
Rule ID Error Message
VRBL-INV-EN16931-M-132 The Preceding Invoice Reference ID must exist within the Preceding Invoice Reference.