Rules / PEPPOL-EN16931-R020 · Markdown
PEPPOL-EN16931-R020
PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 layer: peppol
Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5
What does PEPPOL-EN16931-R020 mean? The Seller electronic address (BT-34) must be provided. Add cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cbc:EndpointID with its schemeID.
Why did my invoice fail PEPPOL-EN16931-R020?
The Seller electronic address (BT-34) must be present. It is the Peppol endpoint identifier of the sender, required for identification and reply routing, and is carried in cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cbc:EndpointID together with a scheme in @schemeID.
Official rule text
Seller electronic address MUST be provided
Common causes
- cbc:EndpointID is missing from the supplier party.
- The schemeID attribute identifying the address scheme is not set.
- The seller's own Peppol participant ID is not configured in the invoicing system.
How do I fix it?
<cac:AccountingSupplierParty><cac:Party><cbc:EndpointID schemeID="0192">991825827</cbc:EndpointID></cac:Party></cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
Related rules
PEPPOL-EN16931-R001 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R002 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R003 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R004 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R005 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R007 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R008 · PEPPOL-EN16931-R010
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