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Fatal — invoice rejected Amounts & totals Shared Peppol rule PINT-AE 2026.5

How to fix ibr-cl-03 in UAE e-invoicing

What is ibr-cl-03?

ibr-cl-03 is a fatal validation rule in the UAE's Peppol PINT-AE e-invoicing specification, inherited from the shared Peppol layer. It is checked against the item price and belongs to the Amounts & totals rule group. An e-invoice that fails ibr-cl-03 is rejected by the Accredited Service Provider gateway before it reaches the FTA.

What the official rule says

currencyID MUST be coded using ISO code list 4217 alpha-3.
UAE impact: this is a fatal rule from the shared Peppol layer, enforced in the UAE 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 item price of your UBL 2.1 invoice: 

cbc:Amount | cbc:BaseAmount | cbc:PriceAmount | cbc:TaxAmount | cbc:TaxableAmount | cbc:LineExtensionAmount | cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount | cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount | cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount | cbc:ChargeTotalAmount | cbc:PrepaidAmount | cbc:PayableRoundingAmount | cbc:PayableAmount
Technical test condition (Schematron) 
((not(contains(normalize-space(@currencyID), ' ')) and contains(' AED AFN ALL AMD AOA ARS AUD AWG AZN BAM BBD BDT BHD BIF BMD BND BOB BOV BRL BSD BTN BWP BYN BZD CAD CDF CHE CHF CHW CLF CLP CNH CNY COP COU CRC CUP CVE CZK DJF DKK DOP DZD EGP ERN ETB EUR FJD FKP GBP GEL GHS GIP GMD GNF GTQ GYD HKD HNL HTG HUF IDR ILS INR IQD IRR ISK JMD JOD JPY KES KGS KHR KMF KPW KRW KWD KYD KZT LAK LBP LKR LRD LSL LYD MAD MDL MGA MKD MMK MNT MOP MRU MUR MVR MWK MXN MXV MYR MZN NAD NGN NIO NOK NPR NZD OMR PAB PEN PGK PHP PKR PLN PYG QAR RON RSD RUB RWF SAR SBD SCR SDG SEK SGD SHP SLE SOS SRD SSP STN SVC SYP SZL THB TJS TMT TND TOP TRY TTD TWD TZS UAH UGX USD USN UYI UYU UYW UZS VED VES VND VUV WST XAF XAG XAU XBA XBB XBC XBD XCD XCG XDR XOF XPD XPF XPT XSU XTS XUA XXX YER ZAR ZMW ZWG ', concat(' ', normalize-space(@currencyID), ' '))))

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Related rules

aligned-ibrp-057 Either both or neither Allowance base amount (ibt-093) and percentage (ibt-094) MUST be provided. aligned-ibrp-058 Either both or neither Charge base amount (ibt-100) and percentage (ibt-101) MUST be provided. ibr-012 An Invoice MUST have the Sum of Invoice line net amount (ibt-106). ibr-013 An Invoice MUST have the Invoice total amount without Tax (ibt-109). ibr-014 An Invoice MUST have the Invoice total amount with Tax (ibt-112). ibr-015 An Invoice MUST have the Amount due for payment (ibt-115). ibr-024 Each Invoice line (ibg-25) MUST have an Invoice line net amount (ibt-131). ibr-031 Allowance (ibg-20) MUST have an allowance amount (ibt-092).

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.