UBL-SR-47
EN 16931-1 layer: en16931
Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5
What does UBL-SR-47 mean? When there are more than one payment means code, they shall be equal
Why did my invoice fail UBL-SR-47?
The Payment means type code (BT-81) identifies how payment is made (e.g. 30 = credit transfer, 58 = SEPA credit transfer), carried as cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode. If an invoice lists several payment means, EN 16931 requires all their type codes to be identical. This prevents mixing incompatible payment methods (for example a card payment and a credit transfer) in one invoice.
Official rule text
When there are more than one payment means code, they shall be equal
Common causes
- Two cac:PaymentMeans blocks use different codes, e.g. one '30' and one '58'.
- Offering both a bank transfer and a payment card in the same invoice using different codes.
- A generic 'other' code was mixed with a specific code across PaymentMeans elements.
How do I fix it?
Make every cac:PaymentMeans use the same code, e.g. set <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode> in all of them (each block may still list a different account/IBAN).
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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