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Warning

CII-SR-039: Use at most one note per invoice line

In short

Warning: worth checking.

CII-SR-039 warns that a CII invoice line has more than one ram:IncludedNote in ram:AssociatedDocumentLineDocument. Combine the notes into one line note (BT-127).

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What it means

For each invoice line (BG-25), the rule counts direct ram:IncludedNote children of ram:AssociatedDocumentLineDocument. The count must be zero or one.

Why it matters

The EN 16931 CII mapping provides at most one line note (BT-127) per invoice line. Multiple note elements exceed that limit, regardless of whether a recipient can display them.

How to fix it

Combine the text you need to keep into one ram:Content element inside a single ram:IncludedNote under the affected ram:AssociatedDocumentLineDocument. Remove the extra note elements and check the updated file again.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate an invoice against EN 16931

Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice

The rule as published

IncludedNote should exist maximum once

Where this rule applies

Rule set Version
EN 16931 (CII) 1.3.17
XRechnung 3.0 (CII) 3.0.2
NLCIUS (CII) 1.0.3.13
France CTC (CII) 1.4.0-04
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether CII-SR-039 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026