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CII

Cross Industry Invoice — the second EN 16931 syntax, basis of ZUGFeRD.

CII is the UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice standard in version D16B and the syntax that ZUGFeRD and Factur-X use.

The root element is called CrossIndustryInvoice. The specification identifier BT-24 is in GuidelineSpecifiedDocumentContextParameter.

CII and UBL are technically equivalent: both represent the same EN 16931 data model, just with a different structure.

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Status: 12.10.2026