Counterfoil rule note

BR-03

Quoted from a public specification. This page is not a validator, and it is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.

Country

EU

Syntax

UBL

Severity

fatal

Last verified

2026-10-18

Official statement

An Invoice shall have an Invoice issue date (BT-2).

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-03/

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL

Severity note: fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.

Plain-language reading

An invoice must have an invoice issue date (BT-2). The published test checks that cbc:IssueDate is not blank. The message says "shall have".

What to change

Fill cbc:IssueDate with a non-empty invoice issue date (BT-2).

Illustration

Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.

Fails the stated condition. IssueDate is missing or blank.

Passes the stated condition. IssueDate contains a non-empty date.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

/ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote

normalize-space(cbc:IssueDate) != ''

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