Counterfoil rule note
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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).
Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-20/
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.
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.
Fill the tax representative country identification code (BT-69) on the tax representative postal address (BG-12).
Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.
Fails the stated condition. The tax representative postal address has no country identification code, or that code is blank.
Passes the stated condition. The tax representative country identification code contains a non-empty value.
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cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PostalAddress
normalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != ''
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