BR-11
The buyer address has no country code (BT-55).
ErrorEN 16931UBLCII
Why it happens
Country omitted or supplied as a name instead of an ISO code.
How to fix it
Set BT-55 to an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code in cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode (UBL) or ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID (CII).
The official rule
EN 16931, EnglishThe Buyer postal address shall contain a Buyer country code (BT-55).
Technical detail — where the rule is evaluated and the exact test
| Syntax | Context and assertion |
|---|---|
| UBL | cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress |
normalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != '' | |
| CII | /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice |
normalize-space(rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:BuyerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID) != '' |
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