What it means
When a Swedish seller is paid by bank transfer (payment means code 30) and the payment service provider (BT-86) is SE:BANKGIRO, the account number (BT-84) must have 7 or 8 characters. The check removes leading and trailing whitespace and collapses internal runs of whitespace to one space before counting. It checks length, not whether the characters are digits.
Why it matters
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 specifies this account number length for payments with code 30 and SE:BANKGIRO when the seller has a Swedish address.
How to fix it
Compare the number in your payment details with your Bankgiro agreement or your bank. Enter it as 7 or 8 digits, without a hyphen or spaces. In the UBL XML it is cbc:ID inside cac:PayeeFinancialAccount.
Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate a Peppol BIS invoice
Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice
The rule as published
Read the rule on the publisher's site
Where this rule applies
| Rule set | Version |
|---|---|
| Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (invoice) | 2026.5 |
| Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (credit note) | 2026.5 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether SE-R-009 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- SE-R-010 A Plusgiro account number should have 2 to 8 characters
- SE-R-011 Bankgiro and Plusgiro should use payment means code 30
- SE-R-012 Swedish domestic bank transfers should use payment means code 30
- SE-R-013 The last digit of a Swedish organisation number must be valid
- SE-R-008 A Bankgiro account number should be numeric
- SE-R-007 A Plusgiro account number should be numeric