Reference

BR-17 Payee name is required when a payee is present

The Payee name (BT-59) shall be provided when the Payee (BG-10) differs from the Seller (BG-4).

This is a conditional EN 16931 core rule. When payment goes to a party other than the seller, for example a factoring company, that payee must be named so the buyer pays the right party. The error often appears when an export creates cac:PayeeParty with only an identifier or bank data. In CII, BT-59 is ram:PayeeTradeParty/ram:Name.

Solution

When a cac:PayeeParty group is present, add cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name with the payee’s name.

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Valid Examples

cac:PayeeParty present with BT-59 = Factoring Partner GmbH

Invalid Examples

cac:PayeeParty is present but has no cac:PartyName/cbc:Name

Code Examples

Valid XML

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyName>
    <cbc:Name>Factoring Partner GmbH</cbc:Name>
  </cac:PartyName>
</cac:PayeeParty>

Invalid XML

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyIdentification>
    <cbc:ID>PAYEE-1</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PartyIdentification>
</cac:PayeeParty>

Affected Fields

BT-59 Payee name

BG-10 Payee

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