Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule
UBL-CR-208
What does UBL-CR-208 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingCustomerParty Party IndustryClassificationCode
Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-208?
This EN 16931 rule warns when the UBL element cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cbc:IndustryClassificationCode is present: the invoice should not include the buyer's industry classification code. EN 16931 does not include industry/NACE classification of the parties; the buyer is described only by the terms of BG-7 (identification, name, address, VAT ID, legal registration, contact). 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 AccountingCustomerParty Party IndustryClassificationCode
Common causes
- CRM exports the customer NACE/SIC code with the record
- Schema-driven generator populating all optional Party fields
- Mapping from a statistical or national format that required the code
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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