Glossary

EN 16931 (European norm)

European semantic e-invoice model

EN 16931 is the European norm defining the semantic model of an electronic invoice with ~160 business terms (BT-1 to BT-194 + groups BG-*). Derived from EU directive 2014/55, implemented by both UBL and CII. All business rules (BR-*) and consistency rules (BR-CO-*) are defined here.

Key facts

  • Abstract semantic model
  • Implemented by UBL and CII (XML syntaxes)
  • BR-CO-26 rules specify optional buyer fields in B2C

See also