UBL-SR-27
EN 16931-1 layer: en16931
Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5
What does UBL-SR-27 mean? Payment means text shall occur maximum once
Why did my invoice fail UBL-SR-27?
The Payment means text (BT-82), in cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode/@name (the human-readable label of the payment means), may be given at most once. EN 16931 pairs the single payment means code (BT-81) with at most one descriptive text.
Official rule text
Payment means text shall occur maximum once
Common causes
- Multiple cac:PaymentMeans elements each define a name attribute on PaymentMeansCode.
- A separate free-text note element is mistakenly added in addition to the PaymentMeansCode name.
- The payment means description is duplicated across code and note fields.
How do I fix it?
State it once on the code: <cbc:PaymentMeansCode name="Credit transfer">30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode> and ensure no other PaymentMeans supplies a second payment means text.
Related rules
UBL-SR-01 · UBL-SR-02 · UBL-SR-03 · UBL-SR-04 · UBL-SR-05 · UBL-SR-06 · UBL-SR-07 · UBL-SR-08
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