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BR-56: Each Seller tax representative party (BG-11) shall have a Seller 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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Rule text

[BR-56]-Each Seller tax representative party (BG-11) shall have a Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:TaxRepresentativePartyexists(cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/(normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID)) = 'VAT')]/cbc:CompanyID)
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:SellerTaxRepresentativeTradePartynormalize-space(ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID='VA']) != ''

Business terms referenced

BG-11, BT-63

Related rules

BR-18, BR-19, BR-20, DE-R-016, BR-DE-16, BR-AE-02, BR-AE-03, BR-AE-04, BR-E-02, BR-E-03, BR-E-04, BR-G-02

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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