Netherlands: Payment Means Code

You must specify a Payment Means for payments to Netherlands-based suppliers.

If the Document contains an amount in theInvoice/LegalMonetaryTotal/PayableAmount element for a Dutch Supplier, then you must use the PaymentsMeanCode sub-element of the PaymentMeans element to specify the means of payment such as a credit transfer or direct debit.

Elements

ElementDescription
Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentMeansCodeSpecify one of the allowed codes.

Restrictions

  • You must use one of the following values. These are a subset of the UNCL4461 code list.
CodeDescription
30Credit transfer
48Bank card
49Direct debit
57Standing agreement
58SEPA credit transfer
59SEPA direct debit

Example

The following example specifies Credit transfer as the payment means:

<ubl:Invoice>
    <!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
	<cac:PaymentMeans>
		<cbc:PaymentMeansCode>30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
		<!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
	</cac:PaymentMeans>
    <!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
    <cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
	<!-- Code omitted for clarity -->		
		<cbc:PayableAmount currencyID="EUR">436</cbc:PayableAmount>
	</cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
    <!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
</ubl:Invoice>