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Extra UBL field “Expiry date / Payment instructions › payment card account” · UBL-CR-417

  • Severity · Warning
  • Applies to · UBL
  • Editorial review pending

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:ExpiryDate in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for expiry date under “payment instructions › payment card account”.

As of

Who can correct it?

The invoicing software provider can correct the export.

How to fix it

  1. Find the entry in the UBL export at cac:PaymentMeans/cac:CardAccount/cbc:ExpiryDate.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:ExpiryDate at this location. If you need the information, first check where the selected profile expects it.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as cac:PaymentMeans/cac:CardAccount/cbc:ExpiryDate returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-417 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged expiry date under “payment instructions › payment card account”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:ExpiryDate under “payment instructions › payment card account”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:PaymentMeans/cac:CardAccount/cbc:ExpiryDate

Fails the rule
<cbc:ExpiryDate>2026-10-15</cbc:ExpiryDate>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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