# 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
- Statement language: en
- 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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