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BR-CO-26
The invoice gives no identifier for the seller: no VAT identifier (BT-31), no commercial register number (BT-30) and no other identifier …
What the message means
The invoice gives no identifier for the seller: no VAT identifier (BT-31), no commercial register number (BT-30) and no other identifier (BT-29). A tax number alone is not enough.
What the issuer needs to change
Give at least one of them, usually the VAT number.
Fields concerned
BT-29seller identifierBT-30seller legal registration identifierBT-31seller VAT identifier
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- Rule set
- EN 16931 (CEN, rule set 1.3.16)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
In order for the buyer to automatically identify a supplier, the Seller identifier (BT-29), the Seller legal registration identifier (BT-30) and/or the Seller VAT identifier (BT-31) shall be present.
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: cac:AccountingSupplierParty Test: not(exists(cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:CompanyID) or exists(cac:Party/cac:PartyIdentification/cbc:ID[not(@schemeID = 'SEPA')]) or exists(cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:CompanyID))
CII
Context: //ram:SellerTradeParty Test: not((ram:ID) or (ram:GlobalID) or (ram:SpecifiedLegalOrganization/ram:ID) or (ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID='VA']))