# BR-16

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
- Statement language: en
- Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Official statement

> An Invoice shall have at least one Invoice line (BG-25)

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-16/

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 at least one invoice line (BG-25). The official message has no trailing period. The published test checks that an invoice line or a credit note line exists. The context is the invoice or the credit note.

## What to change

Add at least one invoice line (BG-25), or one credit note line.

## Illustration

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

**Fails the stated condition.** The document has no invoice line and no credit note line.

**Passes the stated condition.** The document has an invoice line, or it has a credit note line.

## Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

```
/ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote
```

```
exists(cac:InvoiceLine) or exists(cac:CreditNoteLine)
```

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