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BR-06

EN 16931-1 layer: en16931

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-06 mean? The invoice is missing the Seller name (BT-27). Provide the seller's registered name under cac:AccountingSupplierParty.

Why did my invoice fail BR-06?

The invoice must contain the Seller name (BT-27), the full legal or registered name of the party issuing the invoice and providing the goods or services. It is a core party identification field required for tax and commercial purposes. In UBL it is cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name.

Official rule text

An Invoice shall contain the Seller name (BT-27).

Common causes

• The Seller PartyName/Name element is missing.
• Only a Seller trading/legal registration name is supplied but PartyName is empty.
• The name is placed under PartyLegalEntity/RegistrationName only, with PartyName omitted where required.
• Seller party block was populated with identifiers but no name.

How do I fix it?

<cac:AccountingSupplierParty><cac:Party><cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Example Seller Ltd</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName></cac:Party></cac:AccountingSupplierParty>

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BR-01 · BR-02 · BR-03 · BR-04 · BR-05 · BR-07 · BR-08 · BR-09