{
  "id": "BR-20",
  "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 Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall contain a Tax representative country code (BT-69), if the Seller (BG-4) has a Seller tax representative party (BG-11).",
  "statement_lang": "en",
  "context": "cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PostalAddress",
  "test": "normalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != ''",
  "meaning": "The seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) must contain a tax representative country code (BT-69) if the seller (BG-4) has a seller tax representative party (BG-11). The message says \"shall contain\" and names BG-12. The context is the tax representative postal address. The published test checks that the country identification code is not blank. The comparison is != '' with a space.",
  "fix": "Fill the tax representative country identification code (BT-69) on the tax representative postal address (BG-12).",
  "example_fail": "The tax representative postal address has no country identification code, or that code is blank.",
  "example_pass": "The tax representative 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-20/",
  "source_retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-18"
}