How to fix BR-DE-6
Das Element "Seller contact telephone number" (BT-42) 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
XRechnung requires the Seller contact telephone number (BT-42) in the seller contact (BG-6). BR-DE-27 additionally expects at least three digits in the value.
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:Telephone inside cac:AccountingSupplierParty → cac:Party → cac:Contact. In CII, add ram:TelephoneUniversalCommunication → ram:CompleteNumber inside ram:SellerTradeParty → ram:DefinedTradeContact.
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