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PEPPOL-EN16931-R003 – A buyer reference or purchase order reference MUST be provided

What the rule says

A buyer reference or purchase order reference MUST be provided.

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: ubl-creditnote:CreditNote | ubl-invoice:Invoice

Test (XPath):

cbc:BuyerReference or cac:OrderReference/cbc:ID

Related rules

• PEPPOL-EN16931-R001 Business process MUST be provided
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R002 No more than one note is allowed on document level, unless both the buyer and seller are…
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R004 compliant#urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:3.0'
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R005 VAT accounting currency code MUST be different from invoice currency code when provided
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R007 Business process MUST be in the format 'urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:NN:1.0'…
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R008 Document MUST not contain empty elements
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R010 Buyer electronic address MUST be provided
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R020 Seller electronic address MUST be provided
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R040 Allowance/charge amount must equal base amount * percentage/100 if base amount and…
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R041 Allowance/charge base amount MUST be provided when allowance/charge percentage is provided
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R042 Allowance/charge percentage MUST be provided when allowance/charge base amount is provided
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R043 Allowance/charge ChargeIndicator value MUST equal 'true' or 'false'