Validation rules

BR-CL-06 — EN 16931 rule

The VAT point date code (BT-8) is not one of the UNTDID 2005 codes EN 16931 permits (3, 35 or 432).

Rule: BR-CL-06 — official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule
Severity: error
Detected by: tier 3 — KoSIT validator (authoritative)
Reachability: Not expressible through the normbill invoice model — documented for completeness

The invoice model has no VAT point date code (BT-8); BG-14 periods serialize start/end dates only.

How to fix it

Use 3 (invoice date), 35 (actual delivery date) or 432 (paid-to date) in cac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCode.

BR-CL-06 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?

Der Code des Umsatzsteuer-Stichtags (BT-8) ist keiner der in EN 16931 zulässigen UNTDID-2005-Codes (3, 35 oder 432). normbill schreibt bei BG-14 nur Start-/Enddatum — nie einen DescriptionCode.

So beheben Sie den Fehler

Verwenden Sie in cac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCode den Code 3 (Rechnungsdatum), 35 (tatsächliches Lieferdatum) oder 432 (bezahlt bis).

Related rules

BR-CL-05 — The VAT accounting currency code (BT-6) is not part of ISO 4217.
BR-CL-07 — The scheme of an invoiced-object identifier (BT-18 schemeID) is not a UNTDID 1153 code.
BR-CL-04 — The invoice currency code (BT-5) is not part of ISO 4217.
BR-CL-08 — An invoice note (BT-22) starts with a #...# prefix whose subject code (BT-21) is not part of UNTDID 4451.
BR-CL-03 — An amount carries a currencyID attribute that is not an ISO 4217 currency code.
BR-CL-10 — The scheme of a party identifier (BT-29/BT-46 schemeID) is not part of the ISO/IEC 6523 ICD list.

Official sources

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