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BR-CL-16: Payment means in an invoice MUST be coded using UNCL4461 code list

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 code list rule: the value is not in the code list the standard uses (for example currency ISO 4217, country ISO 3166-1, unit of measure UN/ECE Rec 20, VAT category UNCL 5305). Replace it with a valid code. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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Rule text

[BR-CL-16]-Payment means in an invoice MUST be coded using UNCL4461 code list
[BR-CL-16]-Payment means in an invoice MUST be coded using UNTDID 4461 code list
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode( ( not(contains(normalize-space(.),' ')) and contains( ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 77 78 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 ZZZ ',concat(' ',normalize-space(.),' ') ) ) )
EN16931-CIIfatalram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans/ram:TypeCode((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 77 78 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 ZZZ ', concat(' ', normalize-space(.), ' '))))

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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