What it means
When the seller's electronic address uses scheme 0225, it may contain only unaccented letters A to Z in either case, digits, plus sign, hyphen, underscore and full stop. Spaces, slashes and @ are not permitted. In UBL invoices and credit notes, this rule targets cbc:EndpointID under cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party with schemeID 0225. The rule is also listed for CII.
Why it matters
Scheme 0225 uses an identifier with a restricted character set. An ordinary email address contains @ and does not meet that format.
How to fix it
Check the seller's electronic address (BT-34) and its scheme. Confirm the intended address before correcting unsupported characters; simply deleting them could change the address. If the field contains an email address, replace it with the seller's correct scheme 0225 electronic address rather than removing @. Export the corrected file and recheck it.
Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Check an e-invoice
The rule as published
L'adresse électronique (cbc:EndpointID) ne respecte pas le format autorisé. Valeur actuelle : " … ". Seuls les caractères alphanumériques et les symboles "-", "_", "." sont autorisés. Where this rule applies
| Rule set | Version |
|---|---|
| France CTC (UBL invoice) | 1.4.0-04 |
| France CTC (UBL credit note) | 1.4.0-04 |
| France CTC (CII) | 1.4.0-04 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether BR-FR-23_BT-34 still fails, and which other rules do.