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BR-CL-16
The payment means code (BT-81) is not allowed
What the message means
The payment means code (BT-81) is not allowed.
What the issuer needs to change
Use a valid code, for example 58 for SEPA credit transfer.
Fields concerned
BT-81payment means type code
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- Rule set
- EN 16931 (CEN, rule set 1.3.16)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
Payment means in an invoice MUST be coded using UNCL4461 code list
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode
Test: not(( ( not(contains(normalize-space(.),' ')) and contains( ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 77 78 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 ZZZ ',concat(' ',normalize-space(.),' ') ) ) ))
CII
Context: ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans/ram:TypeCode
Test: not(((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 77 78 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 ZZZ ', concat(' ', normalize-space(.), ' ')))))
Related rules
- BR-CL-13The scheme of an item classification (BT-158) is not allowed
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- BR-CL-15A country code is not a valid ISO 3166-1 code
- BR-CL-17A VAT category is not a valid code
- BR-CL-18A VAT category is not a valid code
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