{
  "id": "BR-11",
  "country": "EU",
  "syntax": "ubl",
  "group": "document",
  "severity": "fatal",
  "severity_note": "fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.",
  "spec": "Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL",
  "statement": "The Buyer postal address shall contain a Buyer country code (BT-55).",
  "statement_lang": "en",
  "context": "cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress",
  "test": "normalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != ''",
  "meaning": "The buyer postal address must contain a buyer country code (BT-55). The official message names no BG id. It says \"shall contain\". The context is the buyer postal address, not the invoice root. The published test checks that the country identification code is not blank. The comparison is != '' with a space.",
  "fix": "Fill the buyer country identification code (BT-55) on the buyer postal address.",
  "example_fail": "The buyer postal address has no country identification code, or that code is blank.",
  "example_pass": "The buyer country identification code contains a non-empty value.",
  "example_note": "Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.",
  "source_url": "https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-11/",
  "source_retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-18"
}