EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

BR-DE-CVD-03: In einer Rechnung muss mindestens eine INVOICE LINE (BG-25) enthalten sein,…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An XRechnung rule (the German CIUS published by KoSIT, rule text in German): Germany requires more than EN 16931, for example the buyer reference / Leitweg-ID (BT-10), seller contact details (BG-6) and payment instructions. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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Rule text

[BR-DE-CVD-03] In einer Rechnung muss mindestens eine INVOICE LINE (BG-25) enthalten sein, in der der Scheme identifier von "Item classification identifier" (BT-158) den Wert 'CVD' und der "Item attribute name" (BT-160) den Wert 'cva' enthält.

XRechnung rule texts are published in German by KoSIT; the text above is the original.

Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
XRechnung-UBLfatal(cac:InvoiceLine/cac:Item | cac:CreditNoteLine/cac:Item)[cac:CommodityClassification/cbc:ItemClassificationCode/@listID = 'CVD' and cac:AdditionalItemProperty/cbc:Name = 'cva']
XRechnung-CIIfatalram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedTradeProduct[ram:DesignatedProductClassification/ram:ClassCode/@listID = 'CVD' and ram:ApplicableProductCharacteristic/ram:Description = 'cva']

Business terms referenced

BG-25, BT-158, BT-160

Related rules

BR-16, BR-AE-01, BR-AE-02, BR-E-01, BR-E-02, BR-G-01, BR-G-02, BR-IC-01, BR-IC-02, BR-IG-01, BR-IG-02, BR-IP-01

Source: XRechnung Schematron, CII (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache-2.0).

Source: XRechnung Schematron, UBL (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache-2.0).

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