Error Guide

🇩🇪 DE-R-002: Seller contact information missing (XRechnung) in Germany

ErrorMandatoryNeeds Input

DE-R-002 fires when a German invoice (XRechnung / EN 16931 CIUS-DE) is submitted without the mandatory seller contact group BG-6. XRechnung requires a contact person name, a telephone number, and an email address for the selling party — even for B2G invoices where the public buyer needs to reach the invoicing entity about queries.

Quick Facts

Severity

Error (rejection)

Ruleset

EN 16931

Fix Confidence

85%

Mandate

B2B Mandatory

Fix Type

Needs input

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.

Invoice Navigator covers 147 XRechnung 3.0.2 rules for Germany.

How to Fix DE-R-002

Example: Before & After

Before (invalid)

<cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
  <cac:Party>
    <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="9930">DE123456789</cbc:EndpointID>
    <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Muster GmbH</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
    <cac:PostalAddress>...</cac:PostalAddress>
    <cac:PartyTaxScheme>...</cac:PartyTaxScheme>
    <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
      <cbc:RegistrationName>Muster GmbH</cbc:RegistrationName>
    </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
    <!-- cac:Contact missing -->
  </cac:Party>
</cac:AccountingSupplierParty>

After (fixed)

<cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
  <cac:Party>
    <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="9930">DE123456789</cbc:EndpointID>
    <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Muster GmbH</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
    <cac:PostalAddress>...</cac:PostalAddress>
    <cac:PartyTaxScheme>...</cac:PartyTaxScheme>
    <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
      <cbc:RegistrationName>Muster GmbH</cbc:RegistrationName>
    </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
    <cac:Contact>
      <cbc:Name>Anna Schmidt (Buchhaltung)</cbc:Name>
      <cbc:Telephone>+49 30 1234567</cbc:Telephone>
      <cbc:ElectronicMail>rechnungen@muster-gmbh.de</cbc:ElectronicMail>
    </cac:Contact>
  </cac:Party>
</cac:AccountingSupplierParty>