Counterfoil rule note

BR-11

Quoted from a public specification. This page is not a validator, and it is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.

Country

EU

Syntax

UBL

Severity

fatal

Last verified

2026-10-18

Official statement

The Buyer postal address shall contain a Buyer country code (BT-55).

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-11/

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL

Severity note: fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.

Plain-language reading

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.

What to change

Fill the buyer country identification code (BT-55) on the buyer postal address.

Illustration

Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.

Fails the stated condition. The buyer postal address has no country identification code, or that code is blank.

Passes the stated condition. The buyer country identification code contains a non-empty value.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress

normalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != ''

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