EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

BR-49: A Payment instruction (BG-16) shall specify the Payment means type code (BT-81).

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 core rule: a mandatory business term is missing, or a basic condition between business terms is not met. Add or correct the element named in the rule text at the location the validation result shows. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

Check your invoice against BR-49 — free

Runs the KoSIT validator 1.6.3, unmodified · result in seconds · the file is not stored

This error needs information only you have, so it is not repaired automatically. The free check shows every finding in the file with its location; if other errors in the same file are in the automatic set (totals, VAT breakdown, rounding, element order), the result page offers the corrected file for 9 €.

Rule text

[BR-49]-A Payment instruction (BG-16) shall specify the Payment means type code (BT-81).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:PaymentMeansexists(cbc:PaymentMeansCode)
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans(ram:TypeCode)

Business terms referenced

BG-16, BT-81

Related rules

BR-50, DE-R-001, BR-DE-1, BR-61, CII-SR-467, IS-R-006, IS-R-007, DE-R-019, DE-R-023-1, DE-R-023-2, DE-R-024-1, DE-R-024-2

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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