BR-FR-20
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-20/BT-21] : Lorsqu’une note a pour code sujet « BAR » (cbc:SubjectCode), la valeur associée (cbc:Note) doit être l’une des suivantes : B2B, B2BINT, B2C, B2CINT, OUTOFSCOPE, ARCHIVEONLY. Valeur fournie : "". Veuillez corriger la valeur ou retirer le code sujet « BAR ».
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: When a note has subject code "BAR" (cbc:SubjectCode), the associated value (cbc:Note) must be one of B2B, B2BINT, B2C, B2CINT, OUTOFSCOPE, ARCHIVEONLY.
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