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RO-R-003:CIUS-RO format required

Fix: Set CustomizationID to CIUS-RO identifier.

Romanian e-invoices must use CIUS-RO profile.

Severity
Fatal
Rule set
cius-ro
Country
ROU
Fix type
BLOCKED

Engine Classification

Financial or legal field · Modification blocked by policy

Reason: Romanian e-invoices must use CIUS-RO (Core Invoice Usage Specification - Romania) profile. This requires the correct CustomizationID and compliance with Romanian-specific business rules. Configure your invoicing software to generate CIUS-RO compliant invoices for Romanian e-Factura submission.

What is RO-R-003?

RO-R-003 is a fatal validation rule defined in the cius-ro specification (ROU national rules). It validates the CustomizationID element under Invoice in the UBL invoice XML.

When this rule fires, the invoice is rejected by Peppol access points and never reaches the buyer.

Target path: XPath: /Invoice/cbc:CustomizationID

This error requires manual correction — financial fields are protected by policy.

Why This Error Matters

Romanian Core Invoice Usage Specification.

RO-R-003 is a hard failure — the invoice must be corrected and re-sent before it can reach the recipient.

Validator Behavior

  • ·Causes invoice rejection
  • ·Error returned: RO-R-003
  • ·Specification: cius-ro

How to Fix It

1.

Set profile

CIUS-RO customization ID

2.

Validate

Against CIUS-RO schema

XML Example

Generic example based on the rule's target XPath. Your actual XML structure may differ.

Before
<!-- Missing or empty element triggers cbc:CustomizationID error -->
<cbc:CustomizationID></cbc:CustomizationID>
After
<!-- Provide the required value -->
<cbc:CustomizationID>VALID_VALUE</cbc:CustomizationID>

Technical Reference

XPathXPath: /Invoice/cbc:CustomizationID
Speccius-ro

Common Causes

  • ·Wrong CustomizationID
  • ·Not CIUS-RO compliant

Seeing this in production? The API handles RO-R-003 automatically. See the fix response →

Frequently Asked Questions

Romanian e-invoices must use CIUS-RO profile.

Set CustomizationID to CIUS-RO identifier. This error involves a protected field — Invoice Navigator flags it in your pipeline so your team can correct it at the source.

Yes, RO-R-003 is a critical error that must be fixed.

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Last updated: 3 March 2026

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