How to fix BR-DE-5
Das Element "Seller contact point" (BT-41) muss übermittelt werden.
XRechnung rule from the KoSIT XRechnung 3.0 schematron (German CIUS of EN 16931). It applies only to invoices whose specification identifier (BT-24) is XRechnung. Such files are checked against EN 16931 and the KoSIT XRechnung rules instead of the full Peppol BIS rule set. Check your file with the XRechnung validator.
What this rule checks
The seller contact (BG-6) must name a Seller contact point (BT-41): a person or department the buyer can contact about the invoice.
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 non-empty cbc:Name inside cac:AccountingSupplierParty → cac:Party → cac:Contact. In CII, add ram:PersonName or ram:DepartmentName inside ram:SellerTradeParty → ram:DefinedTradeContact.
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