What it means
In UBL invoices and credit notes, this rule checks cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PaymentMandate/cac:PayerParty/cbc:EndpointID within the direct debit details (BG-19) only when schemeID is 0225. The electronic address may contain only letters A to Z and a to z, digits, plus signs (+), hyphens (-), underscores (_) and full stops (.).
Why it matters
The French rules restrict the characters you can use in the payer's electronic address with scheme 0225. A value outside that set fails this check.
How to fix it
Find the payer's electronic address (EXT-FR-FE-52) in the UBL payment mandate or the CII header settlement. Confirm the address and its scheme with the payer, then correct cbc:EndpointID or its schemeID in UBL, or ram:PayerTradeParty/ram:URIUniversalCommunication/ram:URIID or its schemeID in CII, if either was recorded incorrectly. Do not simply strip characters or remove the mandate to avoid this error. Export the corrected file and check it again.
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_EXT-FR-FE-52 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- BR-FR-23_EXT-FR-FE-75 Seller's agent electronic address must use only allowed characters
- BR-FR-23_EXT-FR-FE-98 Buyer's service provider electronic address must use only allowed characters
- BR-FR-23_EXT-FR-FE-121 Seller's service provider electronic address must use only allowed characters
- BR-FR-23_EXT-FR-FE-29 Payee electronic address must use only allowed characters
- BR-FR-23_EXT-FR-FE-12 Buyer's agent electronic address must use only allowed characters