BR-07fatal
How to fix BR-07
An Invoice shall contain the Buyer name (BT-44).
What this rule checks
The buyer name (BT-44, mapped to cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName) identifies the party receiving and paying the invoice. It is required so the buyer's accounting system can match the invoice to the correct legal entity. Without it, the invoice cannot be processed or booked.
Referenced business terms
This rule references the following EN 16931 business term. Click through for the full definition, the UBL XPath and the cardinality.
How to fix it
Add a cbc:Name element inside cac:AccountingCustomerParty → cac:Party → cac:PartyLegalEntity.
Common causes
- The cac:AccountingCustomerParty section is missing the cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName element.
- The buyer name element is empty or contains only whitespace.
- The cac:AccountingCustomerParty block is entirely absent.
- The buyer name was placed in cac:PartyName/cbc:Name instead of cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName.
Example: before (broken)
<cac:AccountingCustomerParty>
<cac:Party>
<cac:PartyLegalEntity>
<!-- cbc:RegistrationName is missing -->
</cac:PartyLegalEntity>
</cac:Party>
</cac:AccountingCustomerParty>Example: after (fixed)
<cac:AccountingCustomerParty>
<cac:Party>
<cac:PartyLegalEntity>
<cbc:RegistrationName>GlobalTrade GmbH</cbc:RegistrationName>
</cac:PartyLegalEntity>
</cac:Party>
</cac:AccountingCustomerParty>Related rules
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