Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

BR-CL-19

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-CL-19 mean? Coded allowance reasons MUST belong to the UNCL 5189 code list

Why did my invoice fail BR-CL-19?

When an allowance reason is given as a code, it must come from the UNCL 5189 code list (allowance/charge identification codes for allowances, e.g. 95 discount). In UBL the element is cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonCode on an allowance (ChargeIndicator false).

Official rule text

Coded allowance reasons MUST belong to the UNCL 5189 code list

Common causes

A charge reason code (UNCL 7161) used on an allowance
Free text placed in the reason code element
A numeric code not present in UNCL 5189

How do I fix it?

<cac:AllowanceCharge>
  <cbc:ChargeIndicator>false</cbc:ChargeIndicator>
  <cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonCode>95</cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonCode>
  <cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>Discount</cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>
  <cbc:Amount currencyID="EUR">10.00</cbc:Amount>
</cac:AllowanceCharge>

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