BR-CL-04 The invoice currency code (BT-5) must be an ISO 4217 alphabetic code, but "euro" is not one
The invoice currency code (BT-5) must be an ISO 4217 alphabetic code, but "euro" is not one. A three-letter shape is not enough — the schematron tests membership of the list, so "XYZ" and "EURO" both fail.
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- Business term
BT-5- Severity
fatal
What the library returns
The exact object in result.errors when this rule fires.
Generated by running @attestwire/en16931, not transcribed:
{
"rule": "BR-CL-04",
"field": "BT-5",
"severity": "fatal",
"message": "The invoice currency code (BT-5) must be an ISO 4217 alphabetic code, but \"euro\" is not one. A three-letter shape is not enough — the schematron tests membership of the list, so \"XYZ\" and \"EURO\" both fail.",
"fix": "Set currency to the ISO 4217 alpha-3 code in upper case. Common values: \"EUR\", \"USD\", \"GBP\", \"CHF\", \"SEK\", \"DKK\", \"NOK\", \"PLN\". Use the code, never the symbol or the name.",
"example": "\"currency\": \"EUR\"",
"xpath": "/ubl:Invoice/cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode",
"docsUrl": "https://attestwire.com/rules/BR-CL-04"
}
xpath locates the element in the generated UBL document,
which is where a KoSIT or Peppol validator will report the same problem.
A passing value
"currency": "EUR"The fix
Set currency to the ISO 4217 alpha-3 code in upper case. Common values: "EUR", "USD", "GBP", "CHF", "SEK", "DKK", "NOK", "PLN". Use the code, never the symbol or the name.