XRechnung and Peppol error codes explained

Each page explains one validation rule: what it means, the message our validator returns, and how to fix the invoice in XML or in the Valinvo JSON. The messages come from the official rule files and are shown as returned.

XRechnung 3.0 rules (BR-DE)

• BR-DE-15: buyer reference missing
• BR-DE-1: payment instructions missing
• BR-DE-2: seller contact missing
• BR-DE-3: seller city missing
• BR-DE-4: seller post code missing
• BR-DE-5: seller contact name missing
• BR-DE-6: seller phone number missing
• BR-DE-7: seller email address missing

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rules

• PEPPOL-EN16931-R001: business process missing
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R007: business process not approved
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R002: more than one note
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R003: buyer or order reference missing
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R010: buyer electronic address missing
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R020: seller electronic address missing

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