SE-R-004: Swedish organisation numbers consist of 10 characters

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.21 · UBL

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Original rule text

[SE-R-004]-Swedish organisation numbers consist of 10 characters.

Stored validation assertion

string-length(normalize-space(cbc:CompanyID)) = 10

SE-R-004 is a fatal rule in the country layer of Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.21 · UBL. An invoice that breaks it is rejected.

What this rule requires

The rule applies to the supplier's legal entity when its postal address country is Sweden (SE) and a cbc:CompanyID is present. The cbc:CompanyID value, after ignoring surrounding whitespace, must be exactly 10 characters long. If it is not, the document fails validation.

How to fix

For a Swedish supplier (cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode = 'SE') with a cbc:CompanyID, set cbc:CompanyID to a value that is exactly 10 characters long, not counting leading or trailing spaces.

Guidance on this rule. The original text above is authoritative.

Where to go next

SE-R-004 changed in 1 published Peppol BIS Billing UBL release comparison:

SE-R-004 in 3.0.17 → 3.0.18: Severity raised

Validate an invoice against these rules · All release changes