Peppol: The number of item units to which the price applies.

Namespace
cbc urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2
Data type
Quantity
udt:QuantityType
Example value
1
Business terms
BT-149
Attributes
Use Name Description
O @unitCode

Item price base quantity unit of measure code
Peppol: The unit of measure that applies to the Item price base quantity, must be the same as the unit code of the Invoiced/credited quantity. Codes for unit of packaging from UNECE Recommendation No. 21 can be used in accordance with the descriptions in the "Intro" section of UN/ECE Recommendation 20, Revision 11 (2015): The 2 character alphanumeric code values in UNECE Recommendation 21 shall be used. To avoid duplication with existing code values in UNECE Recommendation No. 20, each code value from UNECE Recommendation 21 shall be prefixed with an “X”, resulting in a 3 alphanumeric code when used as a unit of measure.

Example value: EA

Rules
Identifier/Error message Flag
PEPPOL-EN16931-R121
Base quantity MUST be a positive number above zero.
fatal
BR-CL-23
[BR-CL-23]-Unit code MUST be coded according to the UN/ECE Recommendation 20 with Rec 21 extension
fatal