Counterfoil rule note

BR-18

Quoted from a public specification. This page is not a validator, and it is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.

Country
EU
Syntax
UBL
Severity
fatal
Last verified
2026-10-18

Official statement

The Seller tax representative name (BT-62) shall be provided in the Invoice, if the Seller (BG-4) has a Seller tax representative party (BG-11)

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-18/

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL

Severity note: fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.

Plain-language reading

The seller tax representative name (BT-62) must be provided if the seller (BG-4) has a seller tax representative party (BG-11). The official message has no trailing period. The context is the tax representative party. The published test checks that the party name is not blank. The comparison is != '' with a space.

What to change

Fill the tax representative party name (BT-62). The published test checks that the name is not blank.

Illustration

Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.

Fails the stated condition. The tax representative party has no name, or that name is blank.

Passes the stated condition. The tax representative party name contains a non-empty value.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

cac:TaxRepresentativeParty
normalize-space(cac:PartyName/cbc:Name) != ''

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