Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule
UBL-CR-196
What does UBL-CR-196 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingSupplierParty Party PowerOfAttorney
Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-196?
This EN 16931 rule warns when the UBL element cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PowerOfAttorney is present: the invoice should not include power of attorney information under the seller party. Legal authorisation details are not part of the EN 16931 invoice model; the seller party carries only identification, name, address, tax, legal registration and contact data. The element is not forbidden by UBL itself, but it lies outside the EN 16931 core invoice model, so remove it to keep the invoice fully conformant and interoperable.
Official rule text
A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingSupplierParty Party PowerOfAttorney
Common causes
- Legal/mandate data exported from a contract or registry system into the invoice
- Schema-driven UBL generator enabling all optional structures
- Copy-paste from a non-EN 16931 UBL sample
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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