# BR-CL-14

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
- Statement language: en
- Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Official statement

> Country codes in an invoice MUST be coded using ISO code list 3166-1

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-CL-14/

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

A country code must use ISO code list 3166-1. The statement says MUST and has no period. It writes 3166-1 with a hyphen. The context is cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode. The test reads the element text with normalize-space. It rejects a value that contains a space, then looks the value up in that list. The list includes 1A and XI. The same test string is used by BR-CL-15. The test does not call exists, and it does not read @listID or @schemeID.

## What to change

Put an ISO 3166-1 country code with no space on the country identification code.

## Illustration

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

**Fails the stated condition.** The country identification code contains a space, or it is not in the ISO 3166-1 list.

**Passes the stated condition.** The country identification code is DE, with no space.

## Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

```
cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode
```

```
((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' 1A AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO AQ AR AS AT AU AW AX AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BL BM BN BO BQ BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA CC CD CF CG CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CR CU CV CW CX CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GR GS GT GU GW GY HK HM HN HR HT HU ID IE IL IM IN IO IQ IR IS IT JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KR KW KY KZ LA LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NC NE NF NG NI NL NO NP NR NU NZ OM PA PE PF PG PH PK PL PM PN PR PS PT PW PY QA RE RO RS RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR SS ST SV SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TH TJ TK TL TM TN TO TR TT TV TW TZ UA UG UM US UY UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS XI YE YT ZA ZM ZW ', concat(' ', normalize-space(.), ' '))))
```

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