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Fatal — invoice rejected TRN & registration UAE-specific rule PINT-AE 2026.5

How to fix ibr-013-ae in UAE e-invoicing

What is ibr-013-ae?

ibr-013-ae is a fatal validation rule in the UAE's Peppol PINT-AE e-invoicing specification — one of the UAE-specific rules. It is checked against the seller (supplier) party block and belongs to the TRN & registration rule group. An e-invoice that fails ibr-013-ae is rejected by the Accredited Service Provider gateway before it reaches the FTA.

What the official rule says

Passport issuing country code (BTAE-18) MUST be coded using ISO code list 3166-1.
UAE impact: this is a fatal rule specific to the UAE PINT-AE profile — an invoice failing it is rejected at the Accredited Service Provider gateway before it ever reaches the FTA. A rejected invoice means resubmission delays, and late transmission risks the AED 100-per-invoice penalty under Cabinet Decision No. 106 of 2025.

Where it applies

This rule is checked against the seller (supplier) party block of your UBL 2.1 invoice: 

cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:CompanyID[@schemeAgencyID='PAS']/@schemeAgencyName

Business terms referenced

Term ID Field Other rules
BTAE-18 Passport issuing country code view →

Field names are derived automatically from the official rule corpus.

Technical test condition (Schematron) 
((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' 1A AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO AQ AR AS AT AU AW AX AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BL BM BN BO BQ BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA CC CD CF CG CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CR CU CV CW CX CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GR GS GT GU GW GY HK HM HN HR HT HU ID IE IL IM IN IO IQ IR IS IT JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KR KW KY KZ LA LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NC NE NF NG NI NL NO NP NR NU NZ OM PA PE PF PG PH PK PL PM PN PR PS PT PW PY QA RE RO RS RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR SS ST SV SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TH TJ TK TL TM TN TO TR TT TV TW TZ UA UG UM US UY UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS XI YE YT ZA ZM ZW ', concat(' ', normalize-space(.), ' '))))

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Related rules

ibr-012-ae Passport issuing country code (BTAE-18) MUST be there when Seller legal registration identifier type ibr-010-ae Passport issuing country code (BTAE-19) MUST be there when Buyer legal registration identifier type ibr-011-ae Passport issuing country code (BTAE-19) MUST be coded using ISO code list 3166-1. ibr-100 Seller legal registration identifier (ibt-030) MUST occur maximum once. ibr-101-ae Authority name (BTAE-11) MUST be there when Buyer legal registration identifier type (BTAE-16) is Co ibr-103 Buyer legal registration identifier (ibt-047) MUST occur maximum once. ibr-103-ae When the Invoiced item VAT category code (ibt-151) is VAT reverse charge, then Buyer VAT identifier ibr-132-ae VAT identifier [IBT-031, IBT-048, IBT-063, BTAE-14] should be TRN [VAT registration number] and must

Rule text sourced from the official OpenPeppol PINT-AE validation artifacts (version 2026.5), refreshed weekly. Explanations are qmetrics' own guidance, not official FTA/MoF text.