einvoice / EN 16931 / XRechnung rule reference

BR-50

A Payment account identifier (BT-84) shall be present if Credit transfer (BG-17) information is provided in the Invoice.

Eine Kennung des Zahlungskontos (BT-84) muss vorhanden sein, wenn in der Rechnung Angaben zur ÜBERWEISUNG (BG-17) gemacht werden.

Deutsche Fassung: Übersetzung der gleichen BT/BG-Semantik (translation — not the official assert).

Requires: A Payment account identifier (BT-84) shall be present if Credit transfer (BG-17) information is provided in the Invoice.
Business terms: BG-17 BT-84
Syntax: Binds the UBL-2.1 Invoice / CreditNote syntax and the UN/CEFACT-CII syntax
Location (UBL-2.1 path): cac:PaymentMeans[cbc:PaymentMeansCode='30' or cbc:PaymentMeansCode='58']/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount
Fix: Add the required element at `cac:PaymentMeans[cbc:PaymentMeansCode='30' or cbc:PaymentMeansCode='58']/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount`: A Payment account identifier (BT-84) shall be present if Credit transfer (BG-17) information is provided in the Invoice.
Fix (Deutsch): Ergänzen Sie das erforderliche Element bei `cac:PaymentMeans[cbc:PaymentMeansCode='30' or cbc:PaymentMeansCode='58']/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount`: Eine Kennung des Zahlungskontos (BT-84) muss vorhanden sein, wenn in der Rechnung Angaben zur ÜBERWEISUNG (BG-17) gemacht werden.
Severity: fatal
Provenance source: en16931-ubl
Provenance assert: A Payment account identifier (BT-84) shall be present if Credit transfer (BG-17) information is provided in the Invoice.

The Location above is a UBL-2.1 path, and no UN/CEFACT-CII path for this rule is published here; Fix and Fix (Deutsch), verbatim from remediation_catalog.json and not reworded here; the UN/CEFACT-CII binding of this rule is differentially proven against the official CEN EN 16931 1.3.16 Schematron.

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