420: Batches not accepted
What it means
FACe error 420 means only one invoice per file is allowed; batches are not accepted.
The usual cause
The file contains, or declares, more than one invoice.
How to fix it
Send each invoice in its own file.
The code as published
Número de facturas permitidas 1, no se aceptan lotes Read the official document . Source: FACe, Códigos de Error, version 3.3 (octubre de 2017), published by Secretaría General de Administración Digital, Equipo FACe, read on 8 November 2026.
Look at your file
Open the file in your browser to see what it holds: Open a Spanish Facturae invoice. Open a Spanish Facturae invoice
Other FACe codes
- 408 Invoice format incorrect
- 409 Managing body code not found or inactive
- 410 Processing unit code not found or inactive
- 411 Accounting office code not found or inactive
- 412 Unit codes do not belong together
- 413 Unit relation not active
- 414 Invoice number already exists
- 415 Invoice already exists
- 416 Wrong number of administrative centres
- 417 Administrative centre code missing
- 418 Payer, receiver or fiscal centre wrong
- 419 Only individual invoices accepted
- 421 Party type incorrect
- 422 Issuer type wrong for a third-party invoice
- 423 Individual's name missing
- 424 Company name missing
- 426 IBAN required for this payment method
- 427 Person type missing
- 428 Invoice signature incorrect
- 430 Invoice version not recognised
- 431 Date format error
- 432 Certificate class not accepted for signing
- 433 Too many attachments
- 434 Signing certificate incomplete
- 437 Extensions not accepted
- 438 Certificate class not accepted for delivery
- 439 Certificate not accepted for signing
- 440 Signature policy incorrect
- 441 Test units not allowed here
- 442 Certificate blocked or a test certificate
- 443 Corrective invoice format incorrect
- 444 Issuer and assignee identifiers match
- 445 Invoice number required
- 446 Line description required
- 447 Issuer's DNI incorrect