Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-288

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-288 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty Contact

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-288?

EN 16931 defines no contact information for the Payee (BG-10), so cac:PayeeParty/cac:Contact should not be included. Contact details exist in the model only for the seller (BG-6) and buyer (BG-9).

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty Contact

Common causes

Mapping a contact person/email/phone for every party from shared master data
Reusing the seller or buyer party mapping for the payee

How do I fix it?

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Payee Ltd</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
</cac:PayeeParty>

Check your invoice against this rule

Paste it into the live demo, or call POST /v1/validate. See the quickstart.