BG-6

Seller contact

The seller-side contact for questions about the invoice: name or department, phone and e-mail. Optional in EN 16931, but fully mandatory under XRechnung.

Where does it live in the XML?

UBL (XRechnung): cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact
CII (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X): ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:DefinedTradeContact

Part of BG-4 Seller

Contained fields

BT-41 Seller contact point
BT-42 Seller contact telephone number
BT-43 Seller contact email address

Checked by these rules

BR-DE-2 Seller contact missing (XRechnung)
BR-DE-5 Contact name missing (XRechnung)
BR-DE-6 Contact phone missing (XRechnung)
BR-DE-7 Contact e-mail missing (XRechnung)

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