How to fix BR-DE-7
Das Element "Seller contact email address" (BT-43) 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 email address (BT-43) in the seller contact (BG-6). BR-DE-28 additionally checks that the value looks like a valid email address.
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:ElectronicMail inside cac:AccountingSupplierParty → cac:Party → cac:Contact. In CII, add ram:EmailURIUniversalCommunication → ram:URIID inside ram:SellerTradeParty → ram:DefinedTradeContact.
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