EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

BR-CL-18: Invoice tax categories MUST be coded using UNCL5305 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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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-CL-18]-Invoice tax categories MUST be coded using UNCL5305 code list
[BR-CL-18]-Invoice tax categories MUST be coded using UNCL 5305 code list
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:ID( ( not(contains(normalize-space(.),' ')) and contains( ' AE L M E S Z G O K B ',concat(' ',normalize-space(.),' ') ) ) )
EN16931-CIIfatalram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' AE L M E S Z G O K B ', 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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