A line allowance states no reason

Each invoice line allowance (BG-27) must carry a reason in plain text (BT-139), a reason code (BT-140), or both.

Only the issuer holds this value: Factlint reports it and never fabricates it. Test your invoice to find out whether it is affected.

The message your validator prints

Copied verbatim from the sealed artefact: this is the exact sentence the check prints when this rule fails.

[BR-CO-23]-Each Invoice line allowance (BG-27) shall contain an Invoice line allowance reason (BT-139) or an Invoice line allowance reason code (BT-140), or both.

Quoted from schematron-cen 1.3.16, licensed under EUPL-1.2.

Common searches around this code

These phrases mirror what an integrator searches for: code, syntax, rule, business field and correction.

BR-CO-23 A line allowance states no reasonBR-CO-23 CEN EN 16931 SchematronBR-CO-23 BT-139[BR-CO-23]-Each Invoice line allowance (BG-27) shall contain an Invoice line allowance reason (BT-139) or an Invoice line allowance reason code (BT-140), or both.BR-CO-23 correction

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Why this error happens

Line allowances are often produced by a pricing engine that identifies them with an internal code, absent from the standard lists. The amount goes through, the identifier stays in the engine.

How to fix it

Map your internal code onto a UNCL 5189 entry, or failing that write the reason in plain text. The mapping is done once, in the pricing engine.

XML correction example

BEFORE (invalid)

<ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>
  <ram:ActualAmount>5.00</ram:ActualAmount>
</ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>

AFTER (compliant)

<ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>
  <ram:ActualAmount>5.00</ram:ActualAmount>
  <ram:Reason>Remise fidélité</ram:Reason>
</ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>