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NL-R-007: For suppliers in the Netherlands, the supplier MUST provide a means of payment…

Peppol national rule · Error · UBL, CII

StandardPeppol BIS Billing 3.0 country rules (NL, DE, IT, SE, DK, NO, GR, IS)CountryNetherlandsSeverityError: the invoice is rejectedSyntaxUBL, CIIApplies 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

[NL-R-007] For suppliers in the Netherlands, the supplier MUST provide a means of payment (cac:PaymentMeans) if the payment is from customer to supplier

Why this error occurs

This rule only applies when another field has a certain value (for example a payment means code or an invoice type). Your file triggers the condition but does not provide the data that then becomes mandatory, or provides data that is then forbidden.

How to fix it

Either change the triggering value so the condition no longer applies, or add/remove the dependent elements as the rule text describes. Check the condition in the XPath test above to see exactly which value triggers it.

What the validator checks

Checked element (context):

UBL

cac:LegalMonetaryTotal[$supplierCountryIsNL]

Test (XPath):

(/ubl-invoice:Invoice and xs:decimal(cbc:PayableAmount) <= 0.0) or (/ubl-creditnote:CreditNote and xs:decimal(cbc:PayableAmount) >= 0.0) or (//cac:PaymentMeans)

CII

/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation[$supplierCountryIsNL]

Test (XPath):

(normalize-space(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:ExchangedDocument/ram:TypeCode/text()) != '381' and
                                   xs:decimal(ram:DuePayableAmount) <= 0.0) or
                                  (normalize-space(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:ExchangedDocument/ram:TypeCode/text()) = '381' and
                                   xs:decimal(ram:DuePayableAmount) >= 0.0) or
                                  (/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans)

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Frequently asked questions

What does NL-R-007 mean?

NL-R-007 is a peppol national rule: For suppliers in the Netherlands, the supplier MUST provide a means of payment (cac:PaymentMeans) if the payment is from customer to supplier

Will my invoice be rejected because of NL-R-007?

Yes. NL-R-007 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 NL-R-007 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 and CII.

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