`BR-IC-11`

EN 16931 · validation rule

EN 16931Error

The invoice has a VAT breakdown with category K (intra-community supply) but states neither an actual delivery date (BT-72) nor an invoicing period (BG-14). The sender must fill cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate / ram:ActualDeliverySupplyChainEvent/ram:OccurrenceDateTime or cac:InvoicePeriod / ram:BillingSpecifiedPeriod.

Field: delivery.date (BT-72) / document.period (BG-14)
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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Same explanation over the API: GET /v1/rules/BR-IC-11?lang=en