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BR-DE-26

XRechnung (Germany) rules · severity: warning · in XRechnung (UBL), XRechnung (CII)

Official rule text

Wenn im Element "Invoice type code" (BT-3) der Code 384 (Corrected invoice) übergeben wird, soll PRECEDING INVOICE REFERENCE BG-3 mind. einmal vorhanden sein.

What it means

A German XRechnung rule (stricter than plain EN 16931).

Fields involved

How to fix it

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