BT-30

Seller legal registration identifier

The seller's official registration number, such as a commercial register entry or a national business ID. The scheme is given via the schemeID attribute.

Practical note

France: this carries the seller's SIREN (9 digits, schemeID 0002) or SIRET (14 digits, schemeID 0009) — mandatory on French invoices. Digits only, no spaces.

Where does it live in the XML?

UBL (XRechnung): cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:CompanyID
CII (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X): rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedLegalOrganization/ram:ID

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