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FX-SCH-A-000987: Payee electronic address block is repeated

In short

Error: fails the selected checks.

FX-SCH-A-000987 means the payee in your payment terms has more than one ram:URIUniversalCommunication block. Keep one electronic address block, or omit it if you do not need it.

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What it means

Each ram:PayeeTradeParty inside ram:SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms can contain zero or one ram:URIUniversalCommunication block. This rule checks the number of blocks, not the address value inside them.

Why it matters

The Extended profile provides one optional electronic address block for the payee in these payment terms.

How to fix it

Check the payee's electronic address in your payment terms. In ram:SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms/ram:PayeeTradeParty, keep one ram:URIUniversalCommunication block containing the appropriate address. Remove repeated blocks, or omit the block if you do not need it. Export the corrected file and check it again.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate a ZUGFeRD invoice

Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice Beta

The rule as published

Element 'ram:URIUniversalCommunication' may occur at maximum 1 times.

Where this rule applies

Rule set Version
Factur-X 1.09 EXTENDED 1.0.9-2
ZUGFeRD 2.5 EXTENDED 2.5.2
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether FX-SCH-A-000987 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026