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PEPPOL-EN16931-R020BT-34
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The seller electronic address is missing

`Seller electronic address` (BT-34) must be provided, together with its identification scheme.

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The message your validator prints

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Seller electronic address MUST be provided

Quoted from schematron-xrechnung 3.0.2, licensed under Apache-2.0.

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PEPPOL-EN16931-R020 The seller electronic address is missingPEPPOL-EN16931-R020 XRechnung Schematron package (KoSIT)PEPPOL-EN16931-R020 BT-34Seller electronic address MUST be providedPEPPOL-EN16931-R020 correction

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Why this error happens

The mirror of PEPPOL-EN16931-R010, on the seller's side: it is the address to which the recipient will send an acknowledgement or a rejection. Not to be confused with BT-43, the seller contact's email, required separately by BR-DE-7.

How to fix it

Fill in the address and its scheme in the seller record. Factlint reports it as `needs_input` and never fabricates a default value.

XML correction example

BEFORE (invalid)
<!-- ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:URIUniversalCommunication/ram:URIID absent -->
AFTER (compliant)
<ram:URIID schemeID="0088">5790000435968</ram:URIID>