EN 16931 rules › BR-IC-12
BR-IC-12 — In an Invoice with a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Intra-community supply" the Deliver…
| Rule id | BR-IC-12 |
|---|---|
| Rule set | EN 16931 itself, not a national or network addition |
| Severity | fatal in CII and UBL — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice |
| Applies to | the CII and UBL syntaxes |
| Checked by | the validator on this site and invoicekit.go v0.2.11, the library behind it |
The rule as published
In an Invoice with a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Intra-community supply" the Deliver to country code (BT-80) shall not be blank.
fatal in CII and UBL — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice.
What runs for it
Straight from the artefacts the engine embeds: the node the assertion selects and the test it applies there. A failing invoice is reported with the message above.
| Syntax | Severity | Artefact phase | Applied to | Fails when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CII | fatal | EN16931-model-phase | //rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode[.= 'K'][upper-case(../ram:TypeCode) = 'VAT'] | /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery/ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID |
| UBL | fatal | EN16931model_phase | /ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote | (exists(cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'K']) and (string-length(cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) >1)) or (not(cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'K'])) |
Data elements it names
- BG-23 VAT breakdown (cited by 47 rules)
- BT-118 VAT category code (cited by 44 rules)
- BT-80 Deliver to country code (cited by 2 rules)
See also
- Every EN 16931 rule id — the same list as a filterable table, with the assertions as CSV and JSON.
- What XRechnung and Peppol BIS add — rule sets that run these ids plus their own.
- The data elements — every BT and BG with the rules that name it.