What does BR-DE-7 mean?

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E-invoice rule XRechnung 3.x

BR-DE-7: The seller contact details are missing

The seller contact details are missing the e-mail address (BT-43, cbc:ElectronicMail).

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Original wording of the rule

[BR-DE-7] Das Element "Seller contact email address" (BT-43) muss übermittelt werden.

Source of the quotation: XRechnung 3.x (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache 2.0 licence)

How to fix it

Open the XML file and find the element cac:Contact/cbc:ElectronicMail.
Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
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:Contact
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:ElectronicMail>fakturacia@example.org</cbc:ElectronicMail>
</cac:Contact>

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: XRechnung 3.x

How we rate it: error

UBL elements: cbc:ElectronicMail

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact

Related rules

BR-DE-5 The seller contact details are missing the contact point name
BR-DE-6 The seller contact details are missing the telephone number
BR-DE-8 The buyer address is missing the city (BT-52, cbc:CityName)
BR-DE-9 The buyer address is missing the post code (BT-53, cbc:PostalZone)
BR-DE-10 The deliver to address is missing the city (BT-77, cbc:CityName)

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