EN16931 1.3.16 · UBL / CII · Severity: ERROR
The Seller postal address shall have a Seller country code (BT-40)
The seller postal address must include an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (BT-40).
- Rule ID & Severity
BR-09· ERROR- Standard & Scope
- EN16931 1.3.16 · UBL / CII
- XPath Condition
exists(cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode)- Target XML Path
cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode
Find the source field
cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode
Match namespace URI and element name, not a particular prefix spelling. The validator reports the full expanded-name source path when the published rule supplies a location.
Common causes
- Domestic ERP assumed a default country and omitted cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode.
Invalid and corrected fragments
<cac:PostalAddress><cbc:CityName>Berlin</cbc:CityName></cac:PostalAddress>
<cac:PostalAddress><cbc:CityName>Berlin</cbc:CityName><cac:Country><cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode></cac:Country></cac:PostalAddress>
Explicitly export the 2-letter ISO country code in the seller postal address.
Open BR-09 in en16931-validator →
Verify the whole document
These are fragments, not complete invoices. The exact rule is exercised by synthetic mutation tests against the stated package. Correcting one field does not prove conformance; run the full selected validator again. Published messages and severity remain authoritative.
Explanation record: 2026-10-14 · Local WebAssembly / SaxonJS validation. No invoice-derived report is published as a search page.