BR-FR-16
This is a French BR-FR rule from the AFNOR XP Z12-012 standard - a national requirement for invoices exchanged through France's e-invoicing network (PDP platforms) under the September 2026 mandate. Typical French specifics: the seller's SIREN (scheme 0002), mandatory payment mentions (late penalties, recovery costs, discount terms), and the invoicing framework code. The official rule text below is in French - the referenced BT fields identify what to add or fix.
- Read the official text - each sub-rule names the exact business term (BT) involved.
- Check the seller identifiers: SIREN in
CompanyIDwithschemeID="0002". - Check the mandatory French invoice notes (BT-22 with PMT/PMD/AAB prefixes).
- Validate against the
frprofile in our API to see all French findings at once.
[BR-FR-16/BT-96] : Le taux de TVA (cbc:Percent) doit être exprimé en pourcentage sans symbole « % » et faire partie des valeurs autorisées. Taux fourni : "".
[BR-FR-16/BT-103] : Le taux de TVA (cbc:Percent) doit être exprimé en pourcentage sans symbole « % » et faire partie des valeurs autorisées. Taux fourni : "".
[BR-FR-16/BT-119] : Le taux de TVA (cbc:Percent) doit être exprimé en pourcentage sans symbole « % » et faire partie des valeurs autorisées. Taux fourni : "".
[BR-FR-16/BT-152] : Le taux de TVA (cbc:Percent) doit être exprimé en pourcentage sans symbole « % » et faire partie des valeurs autorisées. Taux fourni : "".
Developers also reach this page searching for a “French e-invoice validation error”, a “Factur-X bill rejected” message, or how to fix a failed PDP compliance check — it's the same issue, explained above.
In short, in English: The VAT rate (BT-96, cbc:Percent) must be expressed as a percentage without the % symbol and must be one of the allowed values.
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