E-invoice / Rules / BR-17

E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-17: The payee (BG-10) needs its own name

The payee (BG-10) needs its own name in cac:PartyName/cbc:Name and it has to differ from the seller. If the seller is the payee, leave cac:PayeeParty out.

Original wording of the rule

[BR-17]-The Payee name (BT-59) shall be provided in the Invoice, if the Payee (BG-10) is different from the Seller (BG-4)

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

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cac:PartyName/cbc:Name.
2. Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
3. Save the file and check it again with our checker. It runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.

A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

<cac:PartyName
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:Name>Servis stroja</cbc:Name>
</cac:PartyName>

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:PartyName/cbc:Name, cac:PayeeParty

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:PayeeParty

Related rules

• BR-15 Missing: the amount due for payment (BT-115)
• BR-16 The invoice has no lines at all (BG-25)
• BR-18 The seller tax representative (BG-11) needs a name (BT-62)
• BR-19 The seller tax representative (BG-11) needs a postal address
• BR-20 The tax representative address is missing the country code (BT-69)

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