
Article 1 
The reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing ‘EN 16931-1:2017, Electronic invoicing — Part 1: Semantic data model of the core elements of an electronic invoice’ and the list of syntaxes with reference ‘CEN/TS 16931-2:2017, Electronic invoicing — Part 2: List of syntaxes that comply with EN 16931-1’, as set out in the Annex to this Decision, are hereby published.
Article 2 
18 April 2019 is the final date for bringing into force of the measures referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 11(2) of Directive 2014/55/EU.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the first day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 16 October 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

The list of syntaxes mentioned in Article 3(2) of Directive 2014/55/EU is provided by CEN in clause 7 of CEN/TS 16931-2:2017, published on 28 June 2017.
The 2 syntaxes are the following:

1.. UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice XML message as specified in XML Schemas 16B (SCRDM — CII).
2.. UBL invoice and credit note messages as defined in ISO/IEC 19845:2015.
