/ubl:Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine/cac:BillingReference

Invoice Line Billing Reference Group

France | VRBL-Invoice-FR-CIUS-1p0
Context ID INV1200
Usage C
Usage Description

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

  • Self-billed credit note (261)
  • Credit note (381)
  • Factored credit note (396)
  • Factored self-billed credit note (502)
  • Down payment invoice credit note (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 invoice on line (EXT-FR-FE-136) MUST be present IN EACH line (BG-25), along with its date (EXT-FR-FE-138)
Format
Mandate Business Term Code EXT-FR-FE-BG-06
Final Format Path /Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine/cac:BillingReference

Description

A reference to a billing document associated with this invoice line.

Child elements
Usage Element Description Cardinality
O cac:InvoiceDocumentReference Invoice Line Invoice Document Reference Group

A reference to an invoice.

 0..1
O cac:BillingReferenceLine Invoice Line Billing Reference Line Group

A reference to a transaction line in the billing document.

 0..n
Details

vrbl-invoice-fr-cius-1p0

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

Example: FR-B2B-max.xml

<ubl:Invoice>
  <!-- ... omitted for readability -->
  <cac:InvoiceLine>
    <!-- ... omitted for readability -->
    <cac:BillingReference>
      <cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
        <cbc:ID>INV-PREV-001</cbc:ID>
        <cbc:IssueDate>2025-09-27</cbc:IssueDate>
        <cbc:DocumentTypeCode>380</cbc:DocumentTypeCode>
        <cbc:DocumentStatusCode>REVISED</cbc:DocumentStatusCode>
      </cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
      <cac:BillingReferenceLine>
        <cbc:ID>1</cbc:ID>
      </cac:BillingReferenceLine>
    </cac:BillingReference>
    <!-- ... omitted for readability -->
  </cac:InvoiceLine>
  <!-- ... omitted for readability -->
</ubl:Invoice>