`BR-50`

EN 16931 · validation rule

EN 16931Error

Credit transfer information (BG-17) is given without a payment account identifier (BT-84). The sender must fill cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:ID / ram:PayeePartyCreditorFinancialAccount/ram:IBANID (or ram:ProprietaryID) with the IBAN or account number.

Field: payment.credit_transfers[].iban (BT-84)
Rule set: EN 16931
Rule-set version: EN 16931 validation artefacts 1.3.17 · in force since 2026-10-13 · Rule-set changelog
Who has to fix it: The sender

This is a property of the file you received, so it cannot be corrected on your side without changing the document — ask the supplier to reissue it.

Check your own invoice

Drop the file that failed. We parse it, run the official rule sets against it and list every finding with a fix — 20 invoices per day, no key, nothing stored.

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