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Extra UBL field “Maximum paid amount / Payment instructions › direct debit mandate” · UBL-CR-437

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:MaximumPaidAmount in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for maximum paid amount under “payment instructions › direct debit mandate”.

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:PaymentMandate/cbc:MaximumPaidAmount.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:MaximumPaidAmount 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:PaymentMandate/cbc:MaximumPaidAmount returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-437 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged maximum paid amount under “payment instructions › direct debit mandate”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:MaximumPaidAmount under “payment instructions › direct debit mandate”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PaymentMandate/cbc:MaximumPaidAmount

Fails the rule
<cbc:MaximumPaidAmount currencyID="EUR">10.00</cbc:MaximumPaidAmount>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file