{
  "id": "BR-49",
  "country": "EU",
  "syntax": "ubl",
  "group": "document",
  "severity": "fatal",
  "severity_note": "fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.",
  "spec": "Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL",
  "statement": "A Payment instruction (BG-16) shall specify the Payment means type code (BT-81).",
  "statement_lang": "en",
  "context": "cac:PaymentMeans",
  "test": "exists(cbc:PaymentMeansCode)",
  "meaning": "A Payment instruction (BG-16) must specify the Payment means type code (BT-81). The message starts with \"A\", not \"Each\". It says \"shall specify\", not \"shall have\". It ends with a period. It does not say \"Document level\". The context is the payment means. The published test checks that cbc:PaymentMeansCode exists. It does not require a particular code.",
  "fix": "Put a payment means type code (BT-81) on the payment instruction.",
  "example_fail": "A payment means element has no payment means code.",
  "example_pass": "That payment means element has a payment means code.",
  "example_note": "Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.",
  "source_url": "https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-49/",
  "source_retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-18"
}