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PEPPOL-EN16931-R010 Buyer electronic address must be provided for Peppol routing

Under Peppol rule PEPPOL-EN16931-R010, every invoice in Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 must contain the buyer electronic address in BT-49 (cbc:EndpointID). R010 checks only that this address is present; the schemeID attribute (BT-49-1) is checked by BR-63, and its value must come from the Electronic Address Scheme (EAS) code list (BR-CL-25). Examples are "0088" for a GS1 Global Location Number (GLN), "0204" for a German Leitweg-ID, "0192" for a Norwegian organisation number, "9944" for a Dutch VAT number, "0208" for a Belgian enterprise number or "0009" for a French SIRET. Peppol access points use the buyer EndpointID to query the SML and SMP and locate the recipient’s access point.

Problem Description

ERROR

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule (OpenPeppol)

Context and Significance

Without BT-49 the sending Peppol access point cannot look up the recipient in the SML and SMP, so the invoice fails validation before transmission. A missing schemeID on an existing EndpointID is reported separately by BR-63. The error usually appears when the buyer’s Peppol identifier is not maintained in the customer master data.

Solution

In your customer master data, store the buyer Peppol participant identifier and its EAS scheme. In UBL 2.1, add <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="0204">04011000-12345-03</cbc:EndpointID> (or schemeID="0088" for a GLN) under <cac:AccountingCustomerParty><cac:Party>. Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 is exchanged as UBL 2.1.

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Valid Examples

  • Buyer electronic address with BT-49 = "04011000-12345-03" and schemeID = "0204" (German Leitweg-ID)
  • Buyer electronic address with BT-49 = "4012345000018" and schemeID = "0088" (GS1 Global Location Number)

Invalid Examples

  • cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party contains party name and address but completely omits cbc:EndpointID
  • The buyer Peppol identifier is not maintained in the customer master data, so no cbc:EndpointID is exported (an EndpointID without schemeID, such as <cbc:EndpointID>04011000-12345-03</cbc:EndpointID>, is reported by BR-63 instead)

Code Examples

Valid XML
<cac:Party>
  <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="0204">04011000-12345-03</cbc:EndpointID>
  <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Bundesministerium des Innern</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
</cac:Party>
Invalid XML
<cac:Party>
  <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Bundesministerium des Innern</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
</cac:Party>

Affected Fields

BT-49 Buyer electronic address
BT-49-1 Buyer electronic address identification scheme
BG-7 Buyer

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