The contracting authority or contracting entity who is buying supplies, services or public works using a tendering procedure as described in the applicable directive (Directives 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU).

Namespace
cac urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2
Child elements
Card Name Description
1..1 cac:Party

Party information

Rules
Identifier/Error message Flag
PEPPOLBIS-ESPD-REQ-B02101
Element 'cac:Party' MUST be provided.
fatal
PEPPOLBIS-ESPD-REQ-B02102
Document MUST NOT contain elements not part of the data model.
fatal
Description

The contracting body must be identified, hence information about the party is required, such as party name, identification, endpoint id, and country.

Example of contracting body
<cac:ContractingParty>
    <cac:Party>
        <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="NO:ORGNR">991825827</cbc:EndpointID>
        <cac:PartyIdentification>
            <cbc:ID schemeID="NO:ORGNR">991825827</cbc:ID>
        </cac:PartyIdentification>
        <cac:PartyName>
            <cbc:Name>Name of CO</cbc:Name>
        </cac:PartyName>
        <cac:PostalAddress>
            <cac:Country>
                <cbc:IdentificationCode listID="CountryCodeIdentifier" listAgencyID="EU-COM-GROW" listName="CountryCodeIdentifier" listVersionID="1.0.2">NO</cbc:IdentificationCode>
            </cac:Country>
        </cac:PostalAddress>
    </cac:Party>
</cac:ContractingParty>