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BT-13 - Purchase order reference

An identifier of the purchase order issued by the buyer. It allows the invoice to be matched with the corresponding order.

BT-13 - Purchase order reference

An identifier of the purchase order issued by the buyer. It allows the invoice to be matched with the corresponding order.

Business termCardinality: 0..1Data type: Document referenceFactur-X: MINIMUM

Definition

An identifier of the purchase order issued by the buyer. It allows the invoice to be matched with the corresponding order.

Syntax mapping

Where this term appears in each of the three EN 16931 syntaxes.

SyntaxPath
UBL 2.1cac:OrderReference/cbc:ID
UN/CEFACT CIIram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:BuyerOrderReferencedDocument/ram:IssuerAssignedID
Factur-X / ZUGFeRDFactur-X profile: MINIMUM

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Source: CEN EN 16931-1 + CEN/TS 16931-3-2 (UBL) & -3-3 (CII) · Last verified: 2026-07-10

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