The mandatory legal mentions are missing from the notes

A French invoice carries three mentions in its notes (BG-1), each recognised by its subject code (BT-21): the flat-rate recovery fee (PMT), late-payment penalties (PMD) and the discount terms or their absence (AAB).

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The message your validator prints

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

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BR-FR-05/BT-22 : La mention relative aux frais de recouvrement (code PMT) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-1).

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BR-FR-05/BT-22 : La mention relative aux pénalités de retard (code PMD) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-1).

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BR-FR-05/BT-22 : La mention relative à l’escompte ou à son absence (code AAB) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-1).

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[BR-FR-05/BT-22] : La mention relative aux frais de recouvrement (code PMT) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-3).

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[BR-FR-05/BT-22] : La mention relative aux pénalités de retard (code PMD) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-3).

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[BR-FR-05/BT-22] : La mention relative à l’escompte ou à son absence (code AAB) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-3).

Quoted from schematron-fnfe 1.4.0.03, licensed under Apache-2.0.

Common searches around this code

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

BR-FR-05 The mandatory legal mentions are missing from the notesBR-FR-05 French BR-FR-CTC rulesBR-FR-05 BT-22BR-FR-05/BT-22 : La mention relative aux frais de recouvrement (code PMT) est absente. Elle est obligatoire dans les notes (BG-1).BR-FR-05 correction

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Why this error happens

These are the mentions the French Commercial Code requires on every business-to-business invoice (article L441-9). On paper they can be read; in structured form only the subject code lets the recipient check that they are there. The rule comes from the FNFE Schematron package, not from the European standard: an invoice perfectly compliant with EN 16931 triggers it as soon as it is judged against the French base. It fires once per missing mention, and BR-FR-06 forbids repeating one.

How to fix it

Add one note per mention, with its subject code: PMT for the recovery fee, PMD for late-payment penalties, AAB for the discount — or its absence, which is declared too. The wording is yours: Factlint does not write a legal mention on your behalf.

Severity returned by the rule set

Blocking since 1 September 2026: the current base, `fr-2026-09`, seals the FNFE 1.4.0.03 artefact in fatal mode, and it is the one the pinned engine applies by default. An invoice issued in August 2026 is judged against `fr-2026-08`, where the same rule comes out as a warning — which already rules out a “compliant” verdict. The API returns the severity of the rule set pinned for the judged invoice.

XML correction example

BEFORE (invalid)

<!-- rsm:ExchangedDocument sans ram:IncludedNote de code sujet PMT, PMD ou AAB -->

AFTER (compliant)

<ram:IncludedNote><ram:Content>Indemnité forfaitaire pour frais de recouvrement : 40 EUR.</ram:Content><ram:SubjectCode>PMT</ram:SubjectCode></ram:IncludedNote>