Counterfoil rule note

UBL-SR-39

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
Last verified
2026-10-18

Official statement

Project reference shall occur maximum once.

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/UBL-SR-39/

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

The project reference shall occur at most once. The statement ends with a period and says shall. It is 43 characters. The flag is fatal. The context is the same string as BR-CO-18. The published test counts cac:ProjectReference/cbc:ID. The count comparison has a space before <= and a space after it.

What to change

Send at most one project reference identifier.

Illustration

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

Fails the stated condition. The invoice has two project reference identifiers.

Passes the stated condition. The invoice has one project reference identifier, or none.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

/ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote
(count(cac:ProjectReference/cbc:ID) <= 1)

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