Error Guide

🇩🇪 BR-DE-22: Duplicate Attachment Filenames in Germany

ErrorMandatoryAuto-fixable

XRechnung requires all attachment filenames to be unique. Multiple EmbeddedDocumentBinaryObject elements have the same filename attribute.

Quick Facts

Severity

Error (rejection)

Ruleset

XRechnung (Germany)

Fix Confidence

80%

Mandate

B2B Mandatory

Fix Type

Automatic

Why This Matters in Germany

Germany requires e-invoicing using XRechnung (UBL), XRechnung (CII), ZUGFeRD 2.x. Invoices with this error will be rejected. They cannot be processed for Germany compliance.

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How to Fix BR-DE-22

1
Identify duplicates
Find attachments with same filename
2
Rename files
Add suffix like -2, -3 to duplicate filenames

Example: Before & After

Before (invalid)

<Invoice>
  <!-- Issue: XRechnung requires all attachment filenames to be unique -->
</Invoice>

After (fixed)

<Invoice>
  <!-- Issue resolved per XRechnung (Germany) -->
</Invoice>

Germany E-Invoicing Requirements

Phase

Status

Scope

B2G

Live (Nov 2020)

All federal suppliers

B2B receiving

Live (Jan 2025)

All German businesses

B2B sending

Jan 2027

>€800K annual revenue

B2B sending

Jan 2028

All businesses

Common Causes

•Duplicate attachment filenames in XRechnung
•Multiple EmbeddedDocumentBinaryObject have same filename
•German invoice requires unique attachment names
•Attachment filename attribute not unique
•Multiple files exported with identical names

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