BR-CO-09

The Seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63) and the Buyer VAT identifier (BT-48) shall have a prefix in accordance with ISO code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 by which the country of issue may be identified. Nevertheless, Greece may use the prefix ‘EL’.

Targeted Semantic Element

1. BT-031-Seller VAT identifier: The Seller's VAT identifier (also known as Seller VAT identification number).
2. BT-048-Buyer VAT identifier: The Buyer's TAX identifier (also known as Buyer TAX identification number).
3. BT-063-Seller tax representative TAX identifier: The TAX identifier of the Seller's tax representative party.

Schematron Rules

1. BR-CO-09

   Flag

   fatal

   Context

   //cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']

   Message

   The Seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63) and the Buyer VAT identifier (BT-48) shall have a prefix in accordance with ISO code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 by which the country of issue may be identified. Nevertheless, Greece may use the prefix ‘EL’.