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Warning

UBL-CR-414: A payment means should not have an instruction identifier

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-414 means the UBL file contains an instruction identifier for the payment (cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:InstructionID), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove it and export again. If you want the payer to quote a reference, use the remittance information (BT-83).

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What it means

The check looks at the payment instructions (BG-16) of the invoice or credit note and warns when cac:PaymentMeans contains cbc:InstructionID, an identifier for the payment instruction itself. EN 16931 has no field for it. The reference the payer should quote when paying is the remittance information (BT-83), written as cbc:PaymentID.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses the remittance information (BT-83) for a payment reference, not cbc:InstructionID. The instruction identifier is outside that mapping.

How to fix it

Delete cbc:InstructionID from cac:PaymentMeans in your XML export. If you want a reference on the payment, enter it as the payment reference (BT-83), using cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentID. Export the corrected file and check it again.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate an invoice against EN 16931

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

The rule as published

A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans InstructionID

Where this rule applies

Rule set Version
EN 16931 (UBL) 1.3.17
EN 16931 (UBL credit note) 1.3.17
XRechnung 3.0 (UBL) 3.0.2
XRechnung 3.0 (UBL credit note) 3.0.2
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (invoice) 2026.5
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (credit note) 2026.5
SI-UBL 2.0 / NLCIUS (invoice) 2.0.3.13
SI-UBL 2.0 / NLCIUS (credit note) 2.0.3.13
France CTC (UBL invoice) 1.4.0-04
France CTC (UBL credit note) 1.4.0-04
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.

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Updated 6 November 2026