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Fatal

BR-RO-A020: An invoice can have at most 20 notes

In short

Fatal: fails the selected checks.

BR-RO-A020 means the invoice has more than 20 invoice notes (BG-1), which is the most the Romanian rules allow. Fix it by merging your notes into fewer ones or removing the ones you do not need.

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What it means

The invoice may contain no more than 20 invoice notes (BG-1). Each note is a separate piece of free text about the whole invoice, such as a payment remark or a legal mention. The check counts the notes on the invoice or credit note itself, not the texts on individual lines.

Why it matters

The Romanian national rules for e-invoices set this limit.

How to fix it

Look at the notes, remarks or comments you add to the invoice in your invoicing software. Combine related texts into one note and delete any that repeat what the invoice already shows. If your software turns each line of a long comment into its own note, keep the comment short.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Check an e-invoice

Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice Beta

The rule as published

O factura trebuie sa contina maximum 20 de aparitii ale grupului Comentariu in factura (BG-1). #The allowed maximum number of occurences of Invoice note (BG-1) is 20.

Business terms: BG-1

Where this rule applies

Rule set Version
CIUS-RO UBL Invoice 1.0.9 1.0.9
CIUS-RO UBL Credit Note 1.0.9 1.0.9
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether BR-RO-A020 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 7 November 2026