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BR-06 · EN16931 · UBL · CII · XRechnung · Peppol

EN16931: seller name is missing

The invoice contains no unambiguous seller name.

EN16931Last professional review: 2026-07-05

Meaning

The invoice contains no unambiguous seller name.

Typical cause

Empty OCR field, incomplete master data or incorrect party mapping.

Affected fields / XML paths

BT-27/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/.../cbc:Name

Invalid example

<cac:AccountingSupplierParty><cac:PartyName/></cac:AccountingSupplierParty>

Corrected example

<cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Example Supplier GmbH</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>

Remediation steps

  1. Identify the seller in the original.
  2. Run a master-data match.
  3. Populate BT-27 and validate again.