InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Reference nature code / Invoice or credit note line › item › commodity classification” · UBL-CR-592

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:NatureCode in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for reference nature code under “invoice or credit note line › item › commodity classification”.

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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:CommodityClassification/cbc:NatureCode.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:NatureCode 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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:CommodityClassification/cbc:NatureCode returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-592 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged reference nature code under “invoice or credit note line › item › commodity classification”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:NatureCode under “invoice or credit note line › item › commodity classification”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:CommodityClassification/cbc:NatureCode

Fails the rule
<cbc:NatureCode>01</cbc:NatureCode>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file