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Spotlight PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 The EU e-invoicing mandate is here — France Sept 2026, Belgium Jan 2026, Germany 2025.

Invoice Response

Invoice status acknowledgement of the PEPPOL Billing profile.

Definition

The Invoice Response (BIS Invoice Response) lets the buyer communicate the status of a received invoice using status codes (e.g. AB acknowledgement, AP accepted, RE rejected, PD paid) and dispute reason codes. Unlike the purely technical MLR, it conveys a business decision about the invoice.

Origin

Specified by OpenPeppol in the "BIS Invoice Response 3" profile of the Post-Award Coordinating Community, on UBL 2.1 ApplicationResponse.

Example in context

<Response><ResponseCode>AP</ResponseCode></Response> — AP = Accepted (the invoice will be paid)

Last updated: June 20, 2026