What does BR-07 mean?

E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-07: The buyer name (BT-44) is missing

The buyer name (BT-44) is missing. It belongs in cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName.

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Original wording of the rule

[BR-07]-An Invoice shall contain the Buyer name (BT-44).

Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)

How to fix it

Open the XML file and find the element cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName.
Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
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A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

<cac:AccountingCustomerParty
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cac:Party>
    <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
      <cbc:RegistrationName>Vzorova dielna s. r. o.</cbc:RegistrationName>
    </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
  </cac:Party>
</cac:AccountingCustomerParty>

The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.

When it is reported

Profile: EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, XRechnung 3.x

How we rate it: error

UBL elements: cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName

Related rules

BR-05 The invoice currency code (BT-5, element cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode)
BR-06 The seller name (BT-27) is missing
BR-08 The seller postal address (BG-5, element cac:PostalAddress) is missing
BR-09 The seller address is missing the country code (BT-40)
BR-10 The buyer postal address (BG-8, element cac:PostalAddress) is missing

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