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DE-R-005

Layer peppol·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does DE-R-005 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Seller contact point" (BT-41) shall be provided.

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-005?

A Peppol BIS 3.0 national rule for Germany: when both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the seller contact point (BT-41) must be provided. This is the named person or department at the seller responsible for the invoice. In UBL the element is cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:Name.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Seller contact point" (BT-41) shall be provided.

Common causes

• cac:Contact present but cbc:Name empty
• Only telephone or email given without a contact point name
• Contact person not maintained in the seller master data

How do I fix it?

<cac:Contact>
  <cbc:Name>Rechnungsabteilung</cbc:Name>
  <cbc:Telephone>+49 30 1234567</cbc:Telephone>
  <cbc:ElectronicMail>billing@example.de</cbc:ElectronicMail>
</cac:Contact>

Related rules

DE-R-001 · DE-R-002 · DE-R-003 · DE-R-004 · DE-R-006 · DE-R-007 · DE-R-008 · DE-R-009