DE-R-001: An invoice shall contain information on "PAYMENT…

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BG-16 Payment instructions

Applies toOnly when the seller (or for some rules the buyer) is in the named country: the rule is triggered by the country code of the party. Dutch rules implement NLCIUS, German rules the XRechnung requirements inside Peppol.

Official rule text

[DE-R-001] An invoice shall contain information on "PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS" (BG-16).

Why this error occurs

The value is present but does not match the required pattern: wrong date format, an IBAN with a wrong check digit, an e-mail address without a valid structure, a URL without scheme, or a text with forbidden characters.

How to fix it

Correct the value so it matches the format named in the rule: dates as YYYY-MM-DD in UBL and YYYYMMDD with format="102" in CII, IBANs without spaces and with a valid checksum, e-mail addresses with exactly one @, URLs starting with http:// or https://.

What the validator checks

Checked element (context):

UBL

(/ubl-invoice:Invoice | /ubl-creditnote:CreditNote)[$supplierCountryIsDE and $customerCountryIsDE]

Test (XPath):

cac:PaymentMeans

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Related rules

DE-R-002 The group "SELLER CONTACT" shall be provided
DE-R-003 The element "Seller city" shall be provided
DE-R-004 The element "Seller post code" shall be provided
DE-R-005 The element "Seller contact point" shall be provided
DE-R-006 The element "Seller contact telephone number" shall be provided
DE-R-007 The element "Seller contact email address" shall be provided
DE-R-008 The element "Buyer city" shall be provided
DE-R-009 The element "Buyer post code" shall be provided

Frequently asked questions

What does DE-R-001 mean?

DE-R-001 is a peppol national rule: An invoice shall contain information on "PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS" (BG-16).

Will my invoice be rejected because of DE-R-001?

Yes. DE-R-001 is flagged "fatal"; validators (KoSIT, Peppol access points, the German ZRE/OZG-RE portals, KSeF) reject the invoice until it is fixed.

Which formats does DE-R-001 apply to?

Only when the seller (or for some rules the buyer) is in the named country: the rule is triggered by the country code of the party. Dutch rules implement NLCIUS, German rules the XRechnung requirements inside Peppol. Syntax: UBL.

Source: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.20 national rules (November 2025). Catalogue generated from the official rule sets on 2026-10-15.

DE-R-001: An invoice shall contain information on "PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS"