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BR-55

Each Preceding Invoice reference (BG-3) shall contain a Preceding Invoice reference (BT-25).

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What the rule checks

As the rule set's publisher wrote it. The rule runs on every element the context matches, and fails where the test is false; the validator reports the line of that element.

EN 16931 rules (UBL) 1.3.17 EN 16931 rules 1.3.16 (UBL) 1.3.16 Romanian RO e-Factura rules (UBL) 1.0.9
Context
cac:BillingReference
Test
exists(cac:InvoiceDocumentReference/cbc:ID)

Checked with EN 16931 Invoice (UBL), EN 16931 Credit Note (UBL), Croatia eRačun Invoice (UBL), Croatia eRačun Credit Note (UBL)

EN 16931 rules (CII) 1.3.17 EN 16931 rules 1.3.16 (CII) 1.3.16 EXTENDED-CTC-FR rules (CII) 1.4.0.04
Context
/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:InvoiceReferencedDocument
Test
normalize-space(ram:IssuerAssignedID) != ''

Checked with EN 16931 Invoice (CII)

EXTENDED-CTC-FR rules (UBL) 1.4.0.04
Context
(/ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote)/cac:BillingReference
Test
exists(cac:InvoiceDocumentReference/cbc:ID)

Checked with France EXTENDED-CTC-FR (UBL)

Factur-X BASIC WL rules 1.09 Factur-X EN 16931 rules 1.09.2 Factur-X EXTENDED rules 1.09.2
Context
/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:InvoiceReferencedDocument
Test
(ram:IssuerAssignedID!='')

Checked with France Factur-X BASIC WL, Factur-X / ZUGFeRD BASIC WL