BR-54
EN 16931-1 layer: en16931
Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5
What does BR-54 mean? Each Item attribute (BG-32) shall contain an Item attribute name (BT-160) and an Item attribute value (BT-161).
Why did my invoice fail BR-54?
Each Item attribute group (BG-32) must contain both an Item attribute name (BT-160) and its Item attribute value (BT-161), i.e. a name/value pair describing a characteristic of the item (e.g. Colour=Blue). A name without a value, or a value without a name, is not meaningful.
Official rule text
Each Item attribute (BG-32) shall contain an Item attribute name (BT-160) and an Item attribute value (BT-161).
Common causes
- cac:Item/cac:AdditionalItemProperty has a cbc:Name but no cbc:Value (or vice versa).
- An empty Name or Value element was emitted.
- Attribute data was concatenated into the item Description instead of Name/Value pairs.
How do I fix it?
In cac:Item/cac:AdditionalItemProperty provide both: <cbc:Name>Colour</cbc:Name><cbc:Value>Blue</cbc:Value>.
Related rules
BR-01 · BR-02 · BR-03 · BR-04 · BR-05 · BR-06 · BR-07 · BR-08
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