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PEPPOL-COMMON-R044

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IPA Code (Codice Univoco Unità Organizzativa) must be stated in the correct format

Why it fails

An Italian IPA code (Codice Univoco Ufficio) is malformed.

How to fix it

Six alphanumeric characters, exactly as assigned in the IndicePA directory.

What the validator checks

CII — context ram:URIID[@schemeID = '0201'] | ram:ID[@schemeID = '0201'] | ram:GlobalID[@schemeID = '0201']

u:checkCodiceIPA(normalize-space())

UBL — context cbc:EndpointID[@schemeID = '0201'] | cac:PartyIdentification/cbc:ID[@schemeID = '0201'] | cbc:CompanyID[@schemeID = '0201']

u:checkCodiceIPA(normalize-space())

Related rules

Part of PEPPOL-COMMON — Peppol identifier formats.

Check your own invoice against PEPPOL-COMMON-R044

…or paste the XML instead

Nothing is stored, and the whole invoice is checked, not just this rule. A PDF only works if it is Factur-X / ZUGFeRD — a PDF with the invoice XML inside it.

This is a Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule: an invoice can be perfectly valid EN 16931 and still be rejected by it.