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BR-20: The Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall contain a Tax…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 core rule: a mandatory business term is missing, or a basic condition between business terms is not met. Add or correct the element named in the rule text at the location the validation result shows. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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This error needs information only you have, so it is not repaired automatically. The free check shows every finding in the file with its location; if other errors in the same file are in the automatic set (totals, VAT breakdown, rounding, element order), the result page offers the corrected file for 9 €.

Rule text

[BR-20]-The Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall contain a Tax representative country code (BT-69), if the Seller (BG-4) has a Seller tax representative party (BG-11).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PostalAddressnormalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != ''
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:SellerTaxRepresentativeTradePartynormalize-space(ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID) != ''

Business terms referenced

BG-12, BT-69, BG-4, BG-11

Related rules

BR-19, BR-17, BR-18, BR-56, DE-R-016, BR-DE-16

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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