GR-R-003

fatalPeppol BIS Billing 3.0profileUBL

For the Greek Suppliers, the VAT must start with 'EL' and must be a valid TIN number

Why it fails

The Greek supplier's VAT identifier is not EL followed by a valid TIN.

How to fix it

Greece uses EL, not GR, in the VAT identifier: EL123456789. The country code in the ADDRESS stays GR - the two differ and that is the usual mistake.

What the validator checks

UBL — context cac:AccountingSupplierParty[$isGreekSender]/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme[normalize-space(cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID) = 'VAT']/cbc:CompanyID

substring(.,1,2) = 'EL' and u:TinVerification(substring(.,3))

Related rules

Part of GR-R — Greece.

• GR-R-001-1
• GR-R-001-2
• GR-R-001-3
• GR-R-001-4
• GR-R-001-5
• GR-R-001-6
• GR-R-001-7
• GR-R-002
• GR-R-004-1
• GR-R-004-2
• GR-R-005
• GR-R-006
• GR-R-008-2
• GR-R-008-3
• GR-R-009
• GR-R-010

Validate an invoice against this rule →

This is a Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule: an invoice can be perfectly valid EN 16931 and still be rejected by it.