Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-293

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-293 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty FinancialAccount

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-293?

cac:PayeeParty/cac:FinancialAccount should not be included: in EN 16931 the account to be paid to is carried in the payment instructions (BG-16, e.g. cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount), not inside the PayeeParty element.

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty FinancialAccount

Common causes

Placing the payee's IBAN under PayeeParty instead of under cac:PaymentMeans
ERP bank-account master data attached directly to the party record

How do I fix it?

<cac:PaymentMeans>
  <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
  <cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
    <cbc:ID>SI56191000000123438</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
</cac:PaymentMeans>

Check your invoice against this rule

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