`PEPPOL-EN16931-R007`

Peppol BIS Billing 3 · validation rule

Peppol BIS Billing 3Error

The business process identifier (BT-23) does not follow the Peppol pattern 'urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:NN:1.0' (NN = two-digit process number, usually 01). The sender must correct cbc:ProfileID.

Field: document.business_process (BT-23)
Rule set: Peppol BIS Billing 3
Rule-set version: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (rules master, Sep 2026) · in force since 2026-09-07 · 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.

Worked example · UBL

The old BIS 2 profile urn is rejected: BIS 3 uses urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:NN:1.0, with 01 for the plain billing process.

Fails this rule

<cbc:ProfileID>urn:www.cenbii.eu:profile:bii05:ver2.0</cbc:ProfileID>

Passes

<cbc:ProfileID>urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:01:1.0</cbc:ProfileID>

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/PEPPOL-EN16931-R007?lang=en