EN 16931 (European standard) · Error: the invoice is rejected
BR-25 An invoice line has no item name
What it means
Every invoice line needs the name of what is sold (item name, BT-153). At least one line on this invoice has no name, or an empty one.
Common causes
- Products or services in the catalogue have only a description or code, no name.
- Free-text, comment or subtotal lines are exported as real invoice lines.
- Lines imported from a spreadsheet lost the name column.
How to fix it
Give every line a short item name. Put comments into a note instead of an empty invoice line.
Who fixes it: The sender: in the product catalogue or on the invoice in its invoicing software.
Invoice fields involved
BG-25 BT-153
Related rules
This is our own plain-language explanation, not the official rule text. The official definition is in the first source below.
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