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BR-08

EN 16931 FATAL

Official rule text

An Invoice shall contain the Seller postal address.

What this error means

The invoice must contain the Seller postal address (BG-5) - at minimum the country code (BT-40).

How to fix it

  1. Add cac:PostalAddress to the seller party.
  2. Include at least cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. FR).
  3. Street, city and postcode are strongly recommended even where optional.

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