E-invoice rule Peppol BIS Billing 3.0
PEPPOL-EN16931-R002: Only one invoice note (BT-22, cbc:Note) is allowed on document level
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Example message from our sample invoice:
Only one invoice note (BT-22, cbc:Note) is allowed on document level. The file has 2. Merge them into one.
What the rule says
No more than one note is allowed on document level, unless both the buyer and seller are German organizations.
Source of the quotation: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (OpenPEPPOL, peppol-bis-invoice-3)
Why the validator reports it
The rule belongs to Peppol BIS Billing 3.0. Our checker runs it only when the value of cbc:CustomizationID (BT-24) starts with urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017#compliant#urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:3.0.
Profile: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0
How we rate it: error
UBL elements: cbc:Note
Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cbc:Note[2]
How to fix it
- Open the XML file and find the element
cbc:Note. - Add or correct the value the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
- Save the file and check it again. The checker runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.
A correct UBL 2.1 snippet
<cbc:Note
xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">Splatnost 14 dni od vystavenia.</cbc:Note>The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about, and the values in it are made up. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.
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Related rules
Same group (PEPPOL-EN16931-R)
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R001 The business process (BT-23, cbc:ProfileID) is missing
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R003 Add either the buyer reference (BT-10, cbc:BuyerReference) or the…
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R004 For Peppol, cbc:CustomizationID (BT-24) has to start with urn:cen.eu:en…
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R005 The VAT accounting currency (BT-6) has to differ from the invoice…
All rules in the group PEPPOL-EN16931-R (28)
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