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DE-R-001

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What does DE-R-001 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, an invoice shall contain information on "PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS" (BG-16).

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-001?

A Peppol BIS 3.0 national rule for Germany: when both the supplier and the customer are located in Germany, the invoice must contain payment instructions (BG-16). German domestic invoices must therefore state how payment is to be made. In UBL, BG-16 is the cac:PaymentMeans element.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, an invoice shall contain information on "PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS" (BG-16).

Common causes

• cac:PaymentMeans omitted entirely on a domestic German invoice
• Payment details kept only in free-text notes or PDF attachments
• Country detection: both party addresses are DE but the generator treats the document as not requiring payment data

How do I fix it?

<cac:PaymentMeans>
  <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>58</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
  <cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
    <cbc:ID>DE75512108001245126199</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
</cac:PaymentMeans>

Related rules

DE-R-002 · DE-R-003 · DE-R-004 · DE-R-005 · DE-R-006 · DE-R-007 · DE-R-008 · DE-R-009