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BT-47 Buyer legal registration identifier

Legal registration identifier of the buyer, such as a commercial register number.

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Buyer details

Who receives the invoice and which buyer records or routing data must match.

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Legal registration identifier of the buyer, such as a commercial register number.

Legal registration identifier of the buyer, such as a commercial register number.

This field is useful where the invoice needs to identify the buyer as a specific legal entity instead of only a department or brand.

What you usually enter here

Registry identifier

Typical valid values include: HRB 67890

Optional according to EN 16931-1.

What goes wrong often

Avoid values like:

Examples in context

This field is useful where the invoice needs to identify the buyer as a specific legal entity instead of only a department or brand.

Optional according to EN 16931-1.

Valid Examples

  • HRB 67890

XML mapping and field facts

Open the technical reference if you need XML paths, validator rule codes, legal wording, or schema-specific mapping details.

Field ID:

BT-47

Data Type:

identifier

Cardinality:

0..1

Requirement:

Optional

Max Length:

50 characters

Since Version:

Optional

XML Implementation

UBL 2.1 Syntax
/Invoice/cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:CompanyID
CII (UN/CEFACT) Syntax
/CrossIndustryInvoice/SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:BuyerTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedLegalOrganization/ram:ID

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Why the standard cares about this field

Business Context

This field is useful where the invoice needs to identify the buyer as a specific legal entity instead of only a department or brand.

Legal Requirement

Optional according to EN 16931-1.

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