Rule group 7 codes

PEPPOL-EN16931-CL, F: code lists and the date format in Peppol

Code lists that Peppol narrows down (attachment types, allowance and charge reasons, currencies, electronic address schemes) and the way a date is written.

The group has 7 rules. Source: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (OpenPEPPOL, peppol-bis-invoice-3).

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PEPPOL-EN16931-CL001 Peppol accepts application/pdf, image/png, image/jpeg, text/csv, xlsx and ods
PEPPOL-EN16931-CL002 The reason code "…" is not in the UNCL 5189 code list
PEPPOL-EN16931-CL003 The reason code "…" is not in the UNCL 7161 code list
PEPPOL-EN16931-CL006 The value added tax point date code (BT-8) has to be…
PEPPOL-EN16931-CL007 The currencyID attribute of cbc:Amount has to be an ISO 4217 currency code, for example EUR
PEPPOL-EN16931-CL008 Look up the code for your identifier in the CEF EAS code list…
PEPPOL-EN16931-F001 The date in cbc:IssueDate has to be written as YYYY-MM-DD and has to exist in the calendar

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