EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

PEPPOL-COMMON-R040: GLN must have a valid format according to GS1 rules.

fatal UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

A Peppol common rule: an identifier (for example a GLN, or a national company or VAT number) fails its format or check-digit test. 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

[PEPPOL-COMMON-R040]-GLN must have a valid format according to GS1 rules.
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
Peppol-UBLfatalcbc:EndpointID[@schemeID = '0088'] | cac:PartyIdentification/cbc:ID[@schemeID = '0088'] | cbc:CompanyID[@schemeID = '0088']matches(normalize-space(), '^[0-9]+$') and u:gln(normalize-space())

Source: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 Schematron, UBL (OpenPeppol, docs.peppol.eu validation artefacts 3.0.21).

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