Critical
BR-DE-5
Seller Contact Point Missing (BT-41)
What This Error Means
When the SELLER CONTACT group (BG-6) is present, it must contain the contact point BT-41: the name of a person or a department. In XRechnung 3.0.x this is a fatal rule, not a warning. If the whole group is missing, BR-DE-2 fires instead.
How to Fix It
Fill cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:Name, for example 'Max Muster' or 'Buchhaltung'. In CII use ram:DefinedTradeContact/ram:PersonName or ram:DepartmentName.
XML Example
<cac:Contact> <cbc:Name>Max Muster</cbc:Name> <cbc:Telephone>+49 30 1234567</cbc:Telephone> <cbc:ElectronicMail>rechnung@muster.de</cbc:ElectronicMail> </cac:Contact>
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