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The BMW Group offers multiple free-of-charge standard solutions for electronic invoice exchange via its QUIBIQ-based platform. Suppliers can choose from automotive EDI standards (VDA4938/4983), hybrid ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Peppol BIS 3 and country-specific formats such as FatturaPA, Svefaktura and TEAPPS. ZUGFeRD 1 is no longer authorised for new connections as it does not meet EU Directive 2014/55/EU and EN 16931.

Key Field Requirements

Field Status Description
BT-1 (Invoice Number) Mandatory Unique seller identifier
BT-2 (Issue Date) Mandatory ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
BT-13 (Purchase Order) Mandatory BMW purchase order number for automated matching
BT-31 (Seller VAT ID) Mandatory Country-prefixed (e.g. DE…)
BT-48 (Buyer VAT ID) Mandatory Country-prefixed format
BT-84 (IBAN) Mandatory Required for payment transfers
Digital Signature Conditional Required where buyer country law mandates it (e.g. Italy)
FatturaPA + XAdES-BES Conditional Italian suppliers — invoices via SDI only
BT-10 (Buyer Reference) Optional Not specifically required by BMW

Submission Channels

AS2
OFTP2
SMTP
PEPPOL
SDI
eDocument Portal (eCap)

Requirements

Standard connections to QUIBIQ are free of charge for BMW Group partners

Multiple supported formats: VDA4938, VDA4983, ZUGFeRD 2.x, XRechnung (UBL 2.1), Peppol BIS 3

Country-specific formats: FatturaPA (Italy), Svefaktura (Sweden), TEAPPS (Finland)

Manual entry available via eCap in the eDocument portal, with attachment upload

BMW Peppol IDs are published in the official Peppol Directory

Outgoing invoices from BMW AG and BMW (UK) Manufacturing carry legal digital signatures where required

Warnings

ZUGFeRD 1 is NO LONGER authorised for new connections — does not meet EU Directive 2014/55/EU and EN 16931

Existing ZUGFeRD 1 connections remain valid for the time being but should be migrated

SMTP channel allows only ONE attachment per email — multiple files will be rejected

Italian B2B/B2C invoices MUST be submitted via SDI in FatturaPA format to be tax-valid

Suppliers must actively monitor Growth Opportunities Act (Wachstumschancengesetz) and ViDA changes

Supported Formats

Format Direction Channels
VDA4938 Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP
VDA4983 (Container) Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP
ZUGFeRD 2.0 / 2.1 (PDF/A-3 + XML) Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP
XRechnung (UBL 2.1) Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP, PEPPOL
Peppol BIS 3 (UBL 2.1) Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP, PEPPOL
FatturaPA (Italy) Incoming & Outgoing SDI
Svefaktura (Sweden) Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP
TEAPPS (Finland) Incoming & Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP
VDA 4988 (Payment Advice) Outgoing AS2, OFTP2, SMTP
Standard PDF (Payment Advice) Outgoing SMTP, eDocument Portal
eCap (Manual Entry) Incoming eDocument Portal

Channel Definitions

AS2 — HTTP-based EDI with digital signatures, encryption and MDN acknowledgements

OFTP2 — packet-oriented file transfer protocol developed by ODETTE for the automotive industry

SMTP — email transmission; one attachment per message, matching the supported format

PEPPOL — network for XRechnung and Peppol BIS 3; BMW Peppol IDs available in Peppol Directory

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