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PEPPOL-EN16931-R001 - The business process must be stated

Every Peppol document must declare the business process it belongs to (BT-23). Without it, the receiving access point cannot decide how the document has to be handled.

PEPPOL-EN16931-R001 - The business process must be stated

Every Peppol document must declare the business process it belongs to (BT-23). Without it, the receiving access point cannot decide how the document has to be handled. This is a Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule. It applies on top of the EN 16931 core standard, on invoices exchanged over the Peppol network.

Process & profilePeppol BIS 3.0BT-23 Error
This is a Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule. It applies on top of the EN 16931 core standard, on invoices exchanged over the Peppol network.

What this rule checks

Every Peppol document must declare the business process it belongs to (BT-23). Without it, the receiving access point cannot decide how the document has to be handled.

How to fix it

Add cbc:ProfileID at document level, for example urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:01:1.0.

Validate against this rule

This rule is part of EN 16931. Check your invoice with the validator that matches your format:

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Source: OpenPeppol BIS Billing 3.0 · Last verified: 2026-07-10

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