DE-R-015

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Buyer reference" (BT-10) shall be provided.

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Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rules 3.0.21

Context

(/ubl-invoice:Invoice | /ubl-creditnote:CreditNote)[$supplierCountryIsDE and $customerCountryIsDE]

Test

cbc:BuyerReference[boolean(normalize-space(.))]

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