{
  "id": "BR-17",
  "country": "EU",
  "syntax": "ubl",
  "group": "document",
  "severity": "fatal",
  "severity_note": "fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.",
  "spec": "Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL",
  "statement": "The Payee name (BT-59) shall be provided in the Invoice, if the Payee (BG-10) is different from the Seller (BG-4)",
  "statement_lang": "en",
  "context": "cac:PayeeParty",
  "test": "exists(cac:PartyName/cbc:Name) and (not(cac:PartyName/cbc:Name = ../cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name) and not(cac:PartyIdentification/cbc:ID = ../cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyIdentification/cbc:ID) )",
  "meaning": "The payee name (BT-59) must be provided in the invoice if the payee (BG-10) is different from the seller (BG-4). The official message has no trailing period. The published test requires a payee party name, and it requires that name and the payee party identifier to differ from the seller. The test keeps a single space before the closing parenthesis.",
  "fix": "Provide a payee name (BT-59) that differs from the seller name, and a payee party identifier that differs from the seller party identifier.",
  "example_fail": "The payee party has no name, or the payee name matches the seller, or the payee party identifier matches the seller.",
  "example_pass": "The payee party has a name, that name differs from the seller, and the payee party identifier differs from the seller.",
  "example_note": "Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.",
  "source_url": "https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-17/",
  "source_retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-18"
}