BR-36

Every document-level charge (BG-21) must carry an amount (BT-99). An allowance or charge without an amount changes nothing, and then does not belong in the document.

Severity: Error
Applies to: CII, UBL
Rule set: v2026-01-31

Official rule text

Each Document level charge (BG-21) shall have a Document level charge amount (BT-99).

Why does BR-36 happen?

Freight and packaging are carried as text in the invoice footer. The group is built from that text, and the amount stays inside it rather than in a field of its own.

How do you fix BR-36?

Write the amount into cbc:Amount inside cac:AllowanceCharge in UBL, ram:ActualAmount inside ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge in CII. On how amount, base amount and percentage relate, see PEPPOL-EN16931-R040.

In the XML

A UBL fragment. The CII path is named above — same change, different element names.

Fails

<cac:AllowanceCharge>
  <cbc:ChargeIndicator>true</cbc:ChargeIndicator>
  <cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>Rabatt</cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>
</cac:AllowanceCharge>

Fixed

<cac:AllowanceCharge>
  <cbc:ChargeIndicator>true</cbc:ChargeIndicator>
  <cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>Rabatt</cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>
  <cbc:Amount currencyID="EUR">50.00</cbc:Amount>
</cac:AllowanceCharge>

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