Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule
UBL-CR-434
What does UBL-CR-434 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans CreditAccount
Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-434?
EN 16931 defines a fixed semantic model, and any UBL element outside that model must not be used. This rule flags the cac:PaymentMeans/cac:CreditAccount element, which has no corresponding business term in EN 16931, so a compliant invoice should not include it. EN 16931 models payment instructions through BG-16 (card, credit transfer or direct debit); a separate credit account structure has no business term and should be removed.
Official rule text
A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans CreditAccount
Common causes
- ERP or e-invoicing software exports the full UBL 2.1 schema instead of the EN 16931 subset
- A mapping template copies every source field into UBL without filtering to the EN 16931 element list
- Reusing an invoice template from a non-EN 16931 UBL profile that populated this element
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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