`PEPPOL-EN16931-R061`

Peppol BIS Billing 3 · validation rule

Peppol BIS Billing 3Error

Payment means code 59 (SEPA direct debit) is used without a mandate reference (BT-89). The sender must fill cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PaymentMandate/cbc:ID / ram:SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms/ram:DirectDebitMandateID.

Field: payment.mandate_id (BT-89)
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.

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.

Open the live demo

Same explanation over the API: GET /v1/rules/PEPPOL-EN16931-R061?lang=en