Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-414

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-414 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans InstructionID

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-414?

The UBL element cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:InstructionID should not be used in an EN 16931 invoice. The remittance information a payer should quote is BT-83, carried in cbc:PaymentID; InstructionID has no business term in the core model.

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans InstructionID

Common causes

Payment reference mapped to InstructionID instead of cbc:PaymentID
Direct-debit mandate or instruction identifiers placed in the wrong element (the mandate reference belongs in cac:PaymentMandate/cbc:ID, BT-89)

How do I fix it?

<cac:PaymentMeans>
  <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
  <cbc:PaymentID>INV-2026-0042</cbc:PaymentID>
</cac:PaymentMeans>

Check your invoice against this rule

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