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Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

BR-CL-05

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-CL-05 mean? Tax currency code MUST be coded using ISO code list 4217 alpha-3

Why did my invoice fail BR-CL-05?

The tax currency code, when given, must be a valid ISO 4217 alpha-3 code. It identifies the currency used for VAT accounting when that differs from the invoice currency. In UBL the element is cbc:TaxCurrencyCode.

Official rule text

Tax currency code MUST be coded using ISO code list 4217 alpha-3

Common causes

• Mistyped or lowercase currency code
• A locally used abbreviation that is not in ISO 4217
• Symbol instead of alpha-3 code

How do I fix it?

<cbc:TaxCurrencyCode>EUR</cbc:TaxCurrencyCode>

Related rules

BR-CL-01 · BR-CL-03 · BR-CL-04 · BR-CL-06 · BR-CL-07 · BR-CL-08 · BR-CL-10 · BR-CL-11