Counterfoil rule note
Quoted from a public specification. This page is not a validator, and it is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.
A UBL invoice should not include the StatementDocumentReference
Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/UBL-CR-077/
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL
Severity note: warning, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.
A UBL invoice should not include the StatementDocumentReference. The statement says "should not include the StatementDocumentReference", not "shall", and it has no period. It names one element. The flag is warning. The context is the same string as BR-CO-18. The published test is not(cac:StatementDocumentReference). The test has no slash. It reads cac:StatementDocumentReference and no child. It does not call exists.
Leave StatementDocumentReference out of the UBL invoice.
Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.
Fails the stated condition. The invoice includes StatementDocumentReference.
Passes the stated condition. The invoice does not include StatementDocumentReference.
Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.
/ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote
not(cac:StatementDocumentReference)
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