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DE-R-019

Layer peppol·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does DE-R-019 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Payment account identifier" (BT-84) should contain a valid IBAN if code 58 SEPA is provided in "Payment means type code" (BT-81).

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-019?

On domestic German invoices, when the Payment means type code (BT-81) is 58 (SEPA credit transfer), the Payment account identifier (BT-84) should contain a valid IBAN. Since SEPA transfers are executed against IBANs, an invalid or non-IBAN account identifier would make the payment instruction unusable. In UBL BT-84 is cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:ID.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Payment account identifier" (BT-84) should contain a valid IBAN if code 58 SEPA is provided in "Payment means type code" (BT-81).

Common causes

• A domestic account number or BBAN provided instead of an IBAN
• Typo in the IBAN causing the check digits to fail
• IBAN containing spaces or formatting characters
• Code 58 used although payment is not actually via SEPA transfer (use 30 instead)

How do I fix it?

<cac:PaymentMeans>
  <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>58</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
  <cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
    <cbc:ID>DE89370400440532013000</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
</cac:PaymentMeans>

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