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PEPPOL-EN16931-CL006 – Invoice period description code must be according to UNCL 2005 D.16B

What the rule says

Invoice period description code must be according to UNCL 2005 D.16B.

How to fix it

Fill in or correct the fields named in the rule (the BT/BG codes tell you which). The test below shows exactly what is checked in the XML. Quickest: validate the invoice to get the exact location and, for amounts, the correct value.

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Paste the XML and see every error with the exact fix and the correct amounts.

Where it is checked in the XML

Context: cac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCode

Test (XPath):

some $code in $UNCL2005 satisfies normalize-space(text()) = $code

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