[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":93},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fsolutions\u002Feu-e-invoicing-en16931":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":82,"description":83,"extension":84,"icon":85,"meta":86,"navigation":87,"path":88,"seo":89,"stem":90,"updated":91,"__hash__":92},"solutions\u002Fsolutions\u002Feu-e-invoicing-en16931.md","EU e-invoicing software (EN 16931 \u002F UBL)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":74},"minimark",[9,32,37,60,64,67,71],[10,11,12,13,20,21,26,27,31],"p",{},"EU countries are rolling out e-invoicing mandates one by one, and most of them point back to the same standard: EN 16931, the European semantic data model for electronic invoices written by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) under ",[14,15,19],"a",{"href":16,"rel":17},"https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Fdir\u002F2014\u002F55\u002Foj\u002Feng",[18],"nofollow","Directive 2014\u002F55\u002FEU",", and most commonly exchanged as UBL 2.1 XML. Italy, Belgium, Croatia, and Poland already require e-invoices between businesses, Germany and France are phasing them in through 2028, and the EU's ",[14,22,25],{"href":23,"rel":24},"https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Fdir\u002F2025\u002F516\u002Foj\u002Feng",[18],"ViDA directive"," extends them to cross-border B2B sales from July 2030. If you invoice EU clients, \"just send a PDF\" is quietly becoming not enough. ",[14,28,30],{"href":29},"\u002Fblog\u002Feu-e-invoicing-en16931-ubl-explained\u002F#where-e-invoicing-is-mandatory","See which countries require what, and from when",". Billebly builds a real EN 16931 e-invoice for every invoice you create, with no separate tool and no extra step.",[33,34,36],"h2",{"id":35},"what-you-get","What you get",[38,39,40,48,54],"ul",{},[41,42,43,47],"li",{},[44,45,46],"strong",{},"A UBL 2.1 XML file for every invoice",", generated automatically and structured to the EN 16931 standard: seller and buyer identifiers, a proper VAT category breakdown per line (standard-rated, zero-rated, reverse-charged, exempt, or outside the scope of VAT), and the totals a compliant e-invoice needs.",[41,49,50,53],{},[44,51,52],{},"Delivered automatically, and exportable in bulk."," The XML file is attached alongside the PDF in the emails your client already receives - no extra step on your side. Your own copies of every e-invoice are one click away from Settings → Export, bundled as a single ZIP for your bookkeeping or your accountant. It's not something a payer needs to hunt for or download themselves; the PDF is all they ever see.",[41,55,56,59],{},[44,57,58],{},"Credit notes in the same format."," If you need to correct an invoice after the fact, issue a credit note straight from it, in a couple of clicks. It defaults to a full credit mirroring every line on the original invoice, and it's just as EN 16931-compliant as the invoice it corrects - emailed to your client the same way, with its own bulk export too.",[33,61,63],{"id":62},"what-this-doesnt-cover-yet","What this doesn't cover (yet)",[10,65,66],{},"Billebly generates the compliant document itself; it doesn't transmit invoices over the Peppol network for you. If your client's own e-invoicing setup requires Peppol delivery specifically, you'll still need to hand the XML file across yourself for now. The same goes for countries whose mandates prescribe a delivery channel: Peppol in Belgium, an approved platform in France, KSeF in Poland, and SdI in Italy all need a provider connected to that channel.",[33,68,70],{"id":69},"getting-started","Getting started",[10,72,73],{},"E-invoicing is included in the free core product - there's no separate plan or add-on fee for it. Create and send an invoice as you normally would, and the EN 16931 e-invoice is already on its way with it - bulk-download your own copies any time from Settings → Export.",{"title":75,"searchDepth":76,"depth":77,"links":78},"",2,3,[79,80,81],{"id":35,"depth":76,"text":36},{"id":62,"depth":76,"text":63},{"id":69,"depth":76,"text":70},"2026-08-27","Billebly generates EN 16931-compliant UBL e-invoices, including credit notes, alongside every regular PDF invoice - no extra software, no extra step.","md","shield-check",{},true,"\u002Fsolutions\u002Feu-e-invoicing-en16931",{"title":5,"description":83},"solutions\u002Feu-e-invoicing-en16931","2026-09-28","xn9dvHAWfal3FzT2WuwgU9Gnfl_iALI8YzEdhEvjyuM",1792840629134]