`BR-09`

EN 16931 · validation rule

EN 16931Error

The seller address has no country code (BT-40). The sender must fill cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode / ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID with an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code such as DE.

Field: seller.address.country (BT-40)
Rule set: EN 16931
Rule-set version: EN 16931 validation artefacts 1.3.17 · in force since 2026-10-13 · Rule-set changelog
Who has to fix it: The sender

This is a property of the file you received, so it cannot be corrected on your side without changing the document — ask the supplier to reissue it.

Check your own invoice

Drop the file that failed. We parse it, run the official rule sets against it and list every finding with a fix — 20 invoices per day, no key, nothing stored.

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