# BR-CL-22

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

> Tax exemption reason code identifier scheme identifier MUST belong to the CEF VATEX code list

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-CL-22/

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 tax exemption reason code must belong to the CEF VATEX code list. The statement says MUST, says scheme identifier, and has no period. The context is cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode and names no scheme attribute. The space check uses normalize-space(.). The list lookup uses normalize-space(upper-case(.)). The test does not read @schemeID or @listID, and it does not call exists.

## What to change

Set the tax exemption reason code to a CEF VATEX code with no space.

## Illustration

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

**Fails the stated condition.** The tax exemption reason code contains a space, or it is not in the CEF VATEX list.

**Passes the stated condition.** The tax exemption reason code is VATEX-EU-AE, with no space.

## Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

```
cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode
```

```
((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' VATEX-EU-79-C VATEX-EU-132 VATEX-EU-132-1A VATEX-EU-132-1B VATEX-EU-132-1C VATEX-EU-132-1D VATEX-EU-132-1E VATEX-EU-132-1F VATEX-EU-132-1G VATEX-EU-132-1H VATEX-EU-132-1I VATEX-EU-132-1J VATEX-EU-132-1K VATEX-EU-132-1L VATEX-EU-132-1M VATEX-EU-132-1N VATEX-EU-132-1O VATEX-EU-132-1P VATEX-EU-132-1Q VATEX-EU-135-1 VATEX-EU-143 VATEX-EU-143-1A VATEX-EU-143-1B VATEX-EU-143-1C VATEX-EU-143-1D VATEX-EU-143-1E VATEX-EU-143-1F VATEX-EU-143-1FA VATEX-EU-143-1G VATEX-EU-143-1H VATEX-EU-143-1I VATEX-EU-143-1J VATEX-EU-143-1K VATEX-EU-143-1L VATEX-EU-144 VATEX-EU-146-1E VATEX-EU-159 VATEX-EU-309 VATEX-EU-148 VATEX-EU-148-A VATEX-EU-148-B VATEX-EU-148-C VATEX-EU-148-D VATEX-EU-148-E VATEX-EU-148-F VATEX-EU-148-G VATEX-EU-151 VATEX-EU-151-1A VATEX-EU-151-1AA VATEX-EU-151-1B VATEX-EU-151-1C VATEX-EU-151-1D VATEX-EU-151-1E VATEX-EU-G VATEX-EU-O VATEX-EU-IC VATEX-EU-AE VATEX-EU-D VATEX-EU-F VATEX-EU-I VATEX-EU-J VATEX-FR-FRANCHISE VATEX-FR-CNWVAT VATEX-EU-153 VATEX-FR-CGI261-1 VATEX-FR-CGI261-2 VATEX-FR-CGI261-3 VATEX-FR-CGI261-4 VATEX-FR-CGI261-5 VATEX-FR-CGI261-7 VATEX-FR-CGI261-8 VATEX-FR-CGI261A VATEX-FR-CGI261B VATEX-FR-CGI261C-1 VATEX-FR-CGI261C-2 VATEX-FR-CGI261C-3 VATEX-FR-CGI261D-1 VATEX-FR-CGI261D-1BIS VATEX-FR-CGI261D-2 VATEX-FR-CGI261D-3 VATEX-FR-CGI261D-4 VATEX-FR-CGI261E-1 VATEX-FR-CGI261E-2 VATEX-FR-CGI277A VATEX-FR-CGI275 VATEX-FR-298SEXDECIESA VATEX-FR-CGI295 VATEX-FR-AE ', concat(' ', normalize-space(upper-case(.)), ' '))))
```

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