SE-R-002: For Swedish suppliers, the Swedish VAT-numbers must have…

StandardPeppol BIS Billing 3.0 country rules (NL, DE, IT, SE, DK, NO, GR, IS)CountrySwedenSeverityError: the invoice is rejectedSyntaxUBL, CIIApplies toOnly when the seller (or for some rules the buyer) is in the named country: the rule is triggered by the country code of the party. Dutch rules implement NLCIUS, German rules the XRechnung requirements inside Peppol.

Official rule text

[SE-R-002] For Swedish suppliers, the Swedish VAT-numbers must have the trailing 12 characters in numeric form

Why this error occurs

The validator evaluates the XPath test above against the context element; the assertion is false for your file.

How to fix it

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What the validator checks

Checked element (context):

UBL

//cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party[cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode = 'SE' and cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID = 'VAT']/substring(cbc:CompanyID, 1, 2) = 'SE']

Test (XPath):

string(number(substring(cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID = 'VAT']/cbc:CompanyID, 3, 12))) != 'NaN'

CII

rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTradeParty[ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID = 'SE' and ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/substring(ram:ID[@schemeID = 'VAT'], 1, 2) = 'SE']

Test (XPath):

string(number(substring(ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID = 'VAT'], 3, 12))) != 'NaN'

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Related rules

SE-R-001 For Swedish suppliers, Swedish VAT-numbers must consist of 14 characters
SE-R-003 Swedish organisation numbers should be numeric
SE-R-004 Swedish organisation numbers consist of 10 characters
SE-R-005 For Swedish suppliers, when using Seller tax registration identifier, 'Godkänd för…
SE-R-006 For Swedish suppliers, only standard VAT rate of 6, 12 or 25 are used
SE-R-007 For Swedish suppliers using Plusgiro, the Account ID must be numeric
SE-R-008 For Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro, the Account ID must be numeric
SE-R-009 For Swedish suppliers using Bankgiro, the Account ID must have 7-8 characters

Frequently asked questions

What does SE-R-002 mean?

SE-R-002 is a peppol national rule: For Swedish suppliers, the Swedish VAT-numbers must have the trailing 12 characters in numeric form

Will my invoice be rejected because of SE-R-002?

Yes. SE-R-002 is flagged "fatal"; validators (KoSIT, Peppol access points, the German ZRE/OZG-RE portals, KSeF) reject the invoice until it is fixed.

Which formats does SE-R-002 apply to?

Only when the seller (or for some rules the buyer) is in the named country: the rule is triggered by the country code of the party. Dutch rules implement NLCIUS, German rules the XRechnung requirements inside Peppol. Syntax: UBL and CII.

Source: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.20 national rules (November 2025). Catalogue generated from the official rule sets on 2026-10-15.

SE-R-002: For Swedish suppliers, the Swedish VAT-numbers must have the trailing 12 characters in…