# BR-CL-16

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- Country: EU
- Syntax: UBL
- Severity: fatal
- Statement language: en
- Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Official statement

> Payment means in an invoice MUST be coded using UNCL4461 code list

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

A payment means code must use the UNCL4461 code list. The statement says MUST, writes UNCL4461 with no space, and has no period. The context is cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode. The test reads the element text. It keeps a missing space after each of four commas. A single space sits between the two opening parentheses. A single space sits after contains( before the quote. A single space sits before each of three closing parentheses. Those single spaces are not a repeated space. The list includes 30 and ZZZ. The test does not call exists.

## What to change

Set the payment means code to a value from the UNCL4461 list, with no space in the code.

## Illustration

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

**Fails the stated condition.** The payment means code contains a space, or it is not in the UNCL4461 list.

**Passes the stated condition.** The payment means code is 30, with no space.

## Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

```
cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode
```

```
( ( not(contains(normalize-space(.),' ')) and contains( ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 77 78 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 ZZZ ',concat(' ',normalize-space(.),' ') ) ) )
```

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