Greece (Peppol): Installation Serial Number

Greece requires that you include the installation serial number in your documents.

The Installation Serial Number identifies the installation that issued the Document. This is as it is declared in the Tax Authority's register.

This information is used to create the Invoice Number that is required by the AADE, as described in the Greece (Peppol): Invoice Number Patterns topic

Elements

Use the InstallationSerialNumber (Extn) Extension to model the number:

Name (Path)CardinalityDescription
Installation Serial Number (Invoice/UBLExtensions/UBLExtension/ExtensionContent/InvoiceExtension/ InstallationSerialNumber)1..1Specify the serial number of the installation.

Restrictions

  • If the number represents a headquarters, it must begin with a zero.

Example

<ubl:Invoice>
    <cec:UBLExtensions>
        <cec:UBLExtension>
            <cec:ExtensionContent>
                <vrbl:InvoiceExtension>
                    <!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
                    <vrbl:InstallationSerialNumber>99887744</vrbl:InstallationSerialNumber>
                    <!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
                </vrbl:InvoiceExtension>
            </cec:ExtensionContent>
        </cec:UBLExtension>    
    </cec:UBLExtensions>
    <!-- Code omitted for clarity -->
</ubl:Invoice>