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DE-R-017

Layer peppol·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does DE-R-017 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Invoice type code" (BT-3) should only contain the following values from code list UNTDID 1001: 326 (Partial invoice), 380 (Commercial invoice), 384 (Corrected invoice), 389 (Self-billed invoice), 381 (Credit note), 875 (Partial construction invoice), 876 (Partial final construction invoice), 877 (Final construction invoice).

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-017?

On domestic German invoices the Invoice type code (BT-3) should be restricted to a specific subset of UNTDID 1001: 326 (partial invoice), 380 (commercial invoice), 384 (corrected invoice), 389 (self-billed invoice), 381 (credit note), and the construction-specific codes 875, 876 and 877. Germany narrows the general code list so receiving systems only encounter document types they can process. In UBL this is the cbc:InvoiceTypeCode element.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Invoice type code" (BT-3) should only contain the following values from code list UNTDID 1001: 326 (Partial invoice), 380 (Commercial invoice), 384 (Corrected invoice), 389 (Self-billed invoice), 381 (Credit note), 875 (Partial construction invoice), 876 (Partial final construction invoice), 877 (Final construction invoice).

Common causes

• Using a generic or exotic UNTDID 1001 code such as 751 or 82 that is outside the German subset
• Defaulting to a code copied from another country profile
• Using 380 for a correction where 384 is intended, or vice versa, with an out-of-list value

How do I fix it?

<cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>380</cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>

Related rules

DE-R-001 · DE-R-002 · DE-R-003 · DE-R-004 · DE-R-005 · DE-R-006 · DE-R-007 · DE-R-008