BR-FR-27
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-27/BG-32] : Le groupe Attribut d’article (BG-32) doit contenir soit un nom d’attribut d’article (BT-160 : cbc:Name), soit un code d’attribut d’article (EXT-FR-FE-159 : cbc:NameCode). Aucun des deux éléments n’a été trouvé dans le contexte /cac:Item/cac:AdditionalItemProperty. Veuillez ajouter au moins l’un des deux éléments pour respecter la structure attendue.
[BR-FR-27/BT-160] : Le nom d’attribut d’article (cbc:Name) ne doit pas être vide. Valeur actuelle : "". Veuillez fournir un nom d’attribut valide ou utiliser un code à la place.
[BR-FR-27/EXT-FR-FE-159] : Le code d’attribut d’article (cbc:NameCode) ne doit pas être vide. Valeur actuelle : "". Veuillez fournir un code d’attribut valide ou utiliser un nom à la place.
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 item attribute group (BG-32, cac:AdditionalItemProperty) must contain either an item attribute name (BT-160, cbc:Name) or an item attribute code (EXT-FR-FE-159, cbc:NameCode).
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