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    Rule family BR-DE-CVD

    BR-DE-CVD-05: cva attribute (BT-161) has no permitted value

    ErrorXRechnung business rule (KoSIT)

    Official message

    [BR-DE-CVD-05] Wenn innerhalb von ITEM ATTRIBUTES (BG-32) der "Item attribute name" (BT-160) den Wert 'cva' hat, muss der "Item attribute value" (BT-161) einen der zulässigen Werte enthalten.

    Source: KoSIT XRechnung, version 3.0.2 (Schematron 2.6.0)

    What the message means

    A vehicle line of your invoice carries the attribute cva, but with a value the CVD extension does not know. Exactly three values are permitted: clean for a clean vehicle within the meaning of the German clean vehicles procurement act, zero-emission for a vehicle without tailpipe emissions, and other for everything else. The public body counts its quotas with them; a freely worded value such as electric or diesel cannot be evaluated and makes the invoice invalid.

    Common causes

    • The drive was entered as plain text such as electric or hybrid.
    • The value was translated, for example sauber instead of clean.
    • Capitalisation or spaces differ, for example Zero Emission.

    How to fix it

    Set in cac:AdditionalItemProperty with cbc:Name cva the value clean, zero-emission or other, spelled exactly so; in CII in ram:Value of the ApplicableProductCharacteristic with ram:Description cva. Which value applies follows from the emission limits of the act and the vehicle documents.

    Before – invalid
    <cac:AdditionalItemProperty>
  <cbc:Name>cva</cbc:Name>
  <cbc:Value>electric</cbc:Value>
</cac:AdditionalItemProperty>
    After – corrected
    <cac:AdditionalItemProperty>
  <cbc:Name>cva</cbc:Name>
  <cbc:Value>zero-emission</cbc:Value>
</cac:AdditionalItemProperty>

    Frequently asked

    Is a plug-in hybrid clean or zero-emission?

    A plug-in hybrid can be clean if it meets the limits of the act; zero-emission is only a vehicle without tailpipe emissions. The manufacturer supplies the classification.

    What do I enter when the vehicle meets none of the conditions?

    other. The value is permitted and honest; the public body needs it to calculate its quota correctly.

    Fields concerned

    • BT-160
    • BT-161
    • BG-32

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    Technical details
    UBL · Context (XPath)
    (/ubl:Invoice[$isCVD]/cac:InvoiceLine | /cn:CreditNote[$isCVD]/cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:AdditionalItemProperty[cbc:Name = 'cva']
    UBL · Schematron test
    normalize-space(cbc:Value) = $CVA-CODES
    CII · Context (XPath)
    /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice[$isCVD]/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedTradeProduct/ram:ApplicableProductCharacteristic[ram:Description = 'cva']
    CII · Schematron test
    normalize-space(ram:Value) = $CVA-CODES

    Explanation written on 14 September 2026