EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

PEPPOL-EN16931-CL006: Invoice period description code must be according to UNCL 2005 D.16B.

fatal UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

A Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule (OpenPeppol): an extra requirement for invoices sent over the Peppol network, for example electronic addresses (BT-34, BT-49), the business process (BT-23) or code values. 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-EN16931-CL006]-Invoice period description code must be according to UNCL 2005 D.16B.
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
Peppol-UBLfatalcac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCodesome $code in $UNCL2005 satisfies normalize-space(text()) = $code

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

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