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BR-07

EN 16931-1 layer: en16931

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-07 mean? The invoice is missing the Buyer name (BT-44). Provide the buyer's name under cac:AccountingCustomerParty.

Why did my invoice fail BR-07?

The invoice must contain the Buyer name (BT-44), the name of the party to whom the invoice is addressed and who is purchasing the goods or services. It identifies the customer for accounting and delivery. In UBL it is cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name.

Official rule text

An Invoice shall contain the Buyer name (BT-44).

Common causes

• The Buyer PartyName/Name element is missing.
• The Buyer party block contains only an endpoint or scheme identifier and no name.
• The buyer name was placed under PartyLegalEntity/RegistrationName while PartyName is empty.
• Customer party was omitted or left as a placeholder.

How do I fix it?

<cac:AccountingCustomerParty><cac:Party><cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Example Buyer GmbH</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName></cac:Party></cac:AccountingCustomerParty>

Related rules

BR-01 · BR-02 · BR-03 · BR-04 · BR-05 · BR-06 · BR-08 · BR-09