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PEPPOL-EN16931-R003

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rules · severity: error · in Peppol BIS 3.0

Official rule text

A buyer reference or purchase order reference MUST be provided.

What it means

Peppol needs a buyer reference (BT-10) or a purchase order reference (BT-13), e.g. the customer's PO number or any reference you agreed with them.

How to fix it

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