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1. Email: the sender must provide the email address of the recipient in the element  <Order/SellerSupplierParty/Party/Contact/ElectronicMail>.

   1. Example: <ElectronicMaillanguageID="NL">email </ElectronicMail>

2. Language: The sender  must pass a language code (only “FR” or “NL”) in attribute "Lang" of UBL data element <Order/SellerSupplierParty/Party/Contact/ElectronicMail> . The Language code is compulsory. There is no default/backup language.

   1. Example: <ElectronicMaillanguageID="NL"> email </ElectronicMail>

3. Own PDF: Mercurius foresees a mechanism to prioritize the customer's own PDF versus the Mercurius generated PDF. This offers a solution:

   1. for those who wish to use their own layout

   2. when a more extensive or complicated order is used

   3. if another language (then  NL or FR) is needed

   4. The sender must use  <additionalDocumentReference> with  "human-readable equivalent order" in  the DocumentType element.

4. Exception handling: If Mercurius detects an error in the transformation process into a PDF then an exception handling process will kick in. This means that the Mercurius servicedesk gets notified and will contact the sender to notify of the error.

5. Auxiliary information:

   1. PDF Layout:

      1. Integrity: All data from the UBL are displayed on the PDF. In order to display all data in a meaningful way, the PDF layout is broken into a fixed zone and a flex zone

      2. Fixed zone vs Flexible zone:

         1. Fixed zone:

            • Contain fields that occur on a usual, typical, standard order.

            • All fields are identified with labels. These labels only exist in Dutch and in French.

         2. Flex zone :

            1. Contains data that does not occur often and therefore data that is not included in the Fixed zone

   2. Important notes

      1. Negative prices:

         1. Not BIS standard and therefore not supported

         2. The sender is obliged to send own PDF

      2. Element "Description" vs "Name":

         1. In the conversion this will lead to repeating the info on the PDF (once in the fixed part, the second time on the FlexZone of the LineItem).

         2. “Name”:

            1. Cardinality: 1..1

            2. “A short name for an item. A short name given to an item, such as a name from a Catalogue, as distinct from a description.”

         3. “Description”:

            1. Cardinality: 0..1

            2. “Free-form field that can be used to give a text description of the item. A detailed description of the item.”

      3. Measurement Unit (MEH) :

         1. On the basis of the list Units of Measurement, see PEPPOL BIS version 3 | Rules. All values in the list may be used.

      4. Delivery address ID :<DeliveryLocation><ID>

         1. Some customers work with unique codes per delivery address

         2. Sometimes a GLN code is used, sometimes its own code

         3. There is no guarantee that it is interpretable by all possible recipients – it can be very specific.