`BR-CL-08`

Invoiced note subject code shall be coded using UNCL4451

Official rule text

[BR-CL-08]-Invoiced note subject code shall be coded using UNCL4451

[BR-CL-08]-Subject Code MUST be coded using a restriction of UNTDID 4451.
CIUS-RO (1.0.9), French rules BR-FR, EXTENDED-CTC-FR (1.4.0.04), XRechnung with the CEN EN 16931 rules (3.0.2)

Where the rule applies

Rule set	Document type	Severity
XRechnung with the CEN EN 16931 rules (3.0.2) KoSIT, CEN	EN16931 XRechnung (UBL Invoice), EN16931 XRechnung Extension (UBL Invoice), EN16931 XRechnung CVD (UBL Invoice), EN16931 XRechnung (UBL CreditNote), EN16931 XRechnung CVD (UBL CreditNote), EN16931 XRechnung (CII), EN16931 XRechnung Extension (CII), EN16931 XRechnung CVD (CII), EN16931 (UBL Invoice), EN16931 (UBL CreditNote), EN16931 (CII)	fatal
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (3.0-2026.5) OpenPeppol	Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (UBL Invoice), Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (UBL CreditNote)	fatal
French rules BR-FR, EXTENDED-CTC-FR (1.4.0.04) FNFE-MPE	EXTENDED-CTC-FR (CII), EXTENDED-CTC-FR (UBL Invoice), EXTENDED-CTC-FR (UBL CreditNote)	fatal
CIUS-RO (1.0.9) Romanian Ministry of Finance	CIUS-RO (UBL Invoice), CIUS-RO (UBL CreditNote), CIUS-RO (CII): EN 16931 only	fatal
HR-CIUS (eRačun) (1.0.4) Croatian Tax Administration	HR-CIUS (UBL Invoice), HR-CIUS (UBL CreditNote)	fatal

Fatal and error findings make the invoice invalid (valid: false); warnings and information do not.

Technical check

Syntax: UBL · CIUS-RO (1.0.9), French rules BR-FR, EXTENDED-CTC-FR (1.4.0.04), HR-CIUS (eRačun) (1.0.4), Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (3.0-2026.5), XRechnung with the CEN EN 16931 rules (3.0.2)
Context: /ubl:Invoice/cbc:Note | /cn:CreditNote/cbc:Note
Test (must be true): (contains(.,'#') and string-length(substring-before(substring-after(.,'#'),'#'))=3 and ( ( contains(' AAA AAB AAC AAD AAE AAF AAG AAI AAJ AAK AAL AAM AAN AAO AAP AAQ AAR AAS AAT AAU AAV AAW AAX AAY AAZ ABA ABB ABC ABD ABE ABF ABG ABH ABI ABJ ABK ABL ABM ABN ABO ABP ABQ ABR ABS ABT ABU ABV ABW ABX ABZ ACA ACB ACC ACD ACE ACF ACG ACH ACI ACJ ACK ACL ACM ACN ACO ACP ACQ ACR ACS ACT ACU ACV ACW ACX ACY ACZ ADA ADB ADC ADD ADE ADF ADG ADH ADI ADJ ADK ADL ADM ADN ADO ADP ADQ ADR ADS ADT ADU ADV ADW ADX ADY ADZ AEA AEB AEC AED AEE AEF AEG AEH AEI AEJ AEK AEL AEM AEN AEO AEP AEQ AER AES AET AEU AEV AEW AEX AEY AEZ AFA AFB AFC AFD AFE AFF AFG AFH AFI AFJ AFK AFL AFM AFN AFO AFP AFQ AFR AFS AFT AFU…

Syntax: CII · CIUS-RO (1.0.9), French rules BR-FR, EXTENDED-CTC-FR (1.4.0.04), XRechnung with the CEN EN 16931 rules (3.0.2)
Context: ram:SubjectCode
Test (must be true): ((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' AAA AAB AAC AAD AAE AAF AAG AAI AAJ AAK AAL AAM AAN AAO AAP AAQ AAR AAS AAT AAU AAV AAW AAX AAY AAZ ABA ABB ABC ABD ABE ABF ABG ABH ABI ABJ ABK ABL ABM ABN ABO ABP ABQ ABR ABS ABT ABU ABV ABW ABX ABZ ACA ACB ACC ACD ACE ACF ACG ACH ACI ACJ ACK ACL ACM ACN ACO ACP ACQ ACR ACS ACT ACU ACV ACW ACX ACY ACZ ADA ADB ADC ADD ADE ADF ADG ADH ADI ADJ ADK ADL ADM ADN ADO ADP ADQ ADR ADS ADT ADU ADV ADW ADX ADY ADZ AEA AEB AEC AED AEE AEF AEG AEH AEI AEJ AEK AEL AEM AEN AEO AEP AEQ AER AES AET AEU AEV AEW AEX AEY AEZ AFA AFB AFC AFD AFE AFF AFG AFH AFI AFJ AFK AFL AFM AFN AFO AFP AFQ AFR AFS AFT AFU AFV AFW AFX AFY AFZ AGA AGB AGC AGD AGE AGF…

How the API reports this rule

Every finding of POST /v1/validate carries the rule id, severity, message, location (XPath) and rule set, and links this page (docUrl):

{
  "severity": "fatal",
  "ruleId": "BR-CL-08",
  "message": "[BR-CL-08]-Invoiced note subject code shall be coded using UNCL4451",
  "xpath": "/…",
  "source": "schematron:xrechnung@3.0.2",
  "docUrl": "https://einvoice-api.eu/rules/br-cl-08.html"
}

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