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BR-CO-26 – Seller cannot be identified

What the rule says

In order for the buyer to automatically identify a supplier, the Seller identifier (BT-29), the Seller legal registration identifier (BT-30) and/or the Seller VAT identifier (BT-31) shall be present.

How to fix it

Add at least one of: seller identifier, legal registration ID (PartyLegalEntity/CompanyID) or VAT ID.

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Where it is checked in the XML

Context: cac:AccountingSupplierParty

Test (XPath):

exists(cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:CompanyID) or exists(cac:Party/cac:PartyIdentification/cbc:ID) or exists(cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:CompanyID)

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