`BR-17`

EN 16931 · validation rule

EN 16931Error

A payee (BG-10) different from the seller is given, but without a payee name (BT-59). The sender must fill cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name / ram:PayeeTradeParty/ram:Name or remove the payee.

Field: payee.name (BT-59)
Rule set: EN 16931
Rule-set version: EN 16931 validation artefacts 1.3.17 · in force since 2026-10-13 · Rule-set changelog
Who has to fix it: The sender

This is a property of the file you received, so it cannot be corrected on your side without changing the document — ask the supplier to reissue it.

Check your own invoice

Drop the file that failed. We parse it, run the official rule sets against it and list every finding with a fix — 20 invoices per day, no key, nothing stored.

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