BR-51
EN 16931
WARNING
This is a mandatory field rule: the business term referenced below must be present in every invoice, and it is missing (or empty) in yours.
How to fix it
- Add the element for the business term (BT) named in the rule text.
- An empty element does not count - the field must carry a value.
- Check you placed it at the correct level (document, party, or line).
Official rule text
In accordance with card payments security standards an invoice should never include a full card primary account number (BT-87). At the moment PCI Security Standards Council has defined that the first 6 digits and last 4 digits are the maximum number of digits to be shown.
Developers also reach this page searching for an “invoice validation error”, an “e-invoice rejected” message, or how to fix a failed EN 16931 compliance check — it's the same issue, explained above.
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