Business term

BT-13

Purchase order reference

What does this term mean?

BT-13 is “Purchase order reference” — a single data field (Business Term) of the European e-invoicing standard EN 16931. It is therefore part of the XRechnung, ZUGFeRD/Factur-X and Peppol BIS 3.0 formats, which all build on EN 16931.

Where the term appears

In an e-invoice's XML, BT-13 appears as a concrete element (named differently in UBL vs CII). Beleggo's generator fills the field in, and the validator checks the whole invoice — including this field — against EN 16931 and XRechnung, free and locally in your browser.

Related fields

BT-8
VAT point date code
BT-9
Payment due date
BT-10
Buyer reference (e.g. the Leitweg-ID)
BT-12
Contract reference
BT-17
Tender or lot reference
BT-20
Payment terms
BT-22
Invoice note
BT-24
Specification identifier (CustomizationID)