SE-R-008:For Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro, the Account ID must be numeric
Fix: Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro must have a numeric account ID. No letters or special characters allowed. Upload your invoice to fix this automatically.
Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro must have a numeric account ID. No letters or special characters allowed.
Engine Classification
Remove non-numeric characters from Swedish Bankgiro account number
Confidence: 90% · Applied automatically in pipeline
What is SE-R-008?
SE-R-008 is a fatal validation rule defined in the Peppol BIS 3.0 specification. It validates the ID element under PayeeFinancialAccount in the UBL invoice XML.
When this rule fires, the invoice is rejected by Peppol access points and never reaches the buyer.
Target path: //cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:ID
Why This Error Matters
Invoice will be rejected by Swedish validation. Bankgiro account must be numeric.
SE-R-008 is a hard failure — the invoice must be corrected and re-sent before it can reach the recipient.
Invoice Navigator can automatically correct this error in your pipeline. The fix is applied with full audit evidence, so your compliance trail remains intact.
Validator Behavior
- ·Causes invoice rejection
- ·Rejected by PEPPOL Access Points
- ·Error returned: SE-R-008
- ·Specification: Peppol BIS 3.0
How to Fix It
Find the incorrectly formatted value
Check cbc:ID at //cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:ID. The current value does not match the required format.
Apply the correct format
Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro must have a numeric account ID. No letters or special characters allowed.
Update your export settings
If this occurs consistently, check your invoicing software's locale and format settings for XML export. Re-validate to confirm SE-R-008 is resolved.
Before / After
<Invoice> <!-- Issue: For Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro, the Account ID must be --> </Invoice>
<Invoice> <!-- Issue resolved per Peppol BIS 3.0 --> </Invoice>
Technical Reference
//cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:IDCommon Causes
- ·Non-numeric characters in Bankgiro
- ·Formatting characters included
- ·Hyphen in account number
- ·Wrong account format
- ·Typo in Bankgiro
Seeing this in production? The API handles SE-R-008 automatically. See the fix response →
Frequently Asked Questions
Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro must have a numeric account ID. No letters or special characters allowed.
Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro must have a numeric account ID. No letters or special characters allowed. You can also use Invoice Navigator's compliance engine to correct this automatically in your pipeline.
Yes, SE-R-008 is a critical error that will cause invoice rejection. It must be fixed before submission.
Many instances of SE-R-008 can be automatically corrected using Invoice Navigator's compliance engine. The fix is applied in your pipeline with full audit evidence.
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Last updated: 14 April 2026
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