Counterfoil rule note

BR-25

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

Each Invoice line (BG-25) shall contain the Item name (BT-153).

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-25/

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

Each invoice line (BG-25) must contain the item name (BT-153). The message says "shall contain the", not "shall have". The published test checks that the item name is not blank. The comparison is != '' with a space. The context is the invoice line or the credit note line.

What to change

Put a non-blank item name (BT-153) on each invoice line or credit note line.

Illustration

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

Fails the stated condition. The line has no item name, or that name is blank.

Passes the stated condition. The item name on the line contains a non-empty value.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

cac:InvoiceLine | cac:CreditNoteLine

normalize-space(cac:Item/cbc:Name) != ''

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