Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule
UBL-CR-012
What does UBL-CR-012 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the InvoicePeriod StartTime
Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-012?
The cbc:StartTime element inside cac:InvoicePeriod should not be included. The invoicing period in EN 16931 is date-based only (BT-73 start date, BT-74 end date).
Official rule text
A UBL invoice should not include the InvoicePeriod StartTime
Common causes
- Exporting full datetimes for the billing period and splitting out the time part
- Template including every optional child of InvoicePeriod
Related rules
UBL-CR-001 · UBL-CR-002 · UBL-CR-003 · UBL-CR-004 · UBL-CR-005 · UBL-CR-006 · UBL-CR-007 · UBL-CR-008
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