Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-275

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-275 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty PartyLegalEntity RegistrationName

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-275?

Within cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyLegalEntity, EN 16931 only uses cbc:CompanyID to carry the payee legal registration identifier (BT-61); cbc:RegistrationName should not be included there. The payee's name (BT-59) is carried in cac:PartyName/cbc:Name instead.

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty PartyLegalEntity RegistrationName

Common causes

Putting the payee name in PartyLegalEntity/RegistrationName as is done for the seller (BT-27) and buyer (BT-44)
Copying the seller/buyer party mapping to the payee without adjusting which elements are allowed

How do I fix it?

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Payee Ltd</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
  <cac:PartyLegalEntity><cbc:CompanyID schemeID="0088">4035011000112</cbc:CompanyID></cac:PartyLegalEntity>
</cac:PayeeParty>

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