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BR-57: Each Deliver to address (BG-15) shall contain a Deliver to country code (BT-80).

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 core rule: a mandatory business term is missing, or a basic condition between business terms is not met. Add or correct the element named in the rule text at the location the validation result shows. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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Rule text

[BR-57]-Each Deliver to address (BG-15) shall contain a Deliver to country code (BT-80).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Addressexists(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode)
EN16931-CIIfatal/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery(ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress and normalize-space(ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID) != '') or not (ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress)

Business terms referenced

BG-15, BT-80

Related rules

DE-R-010, DE-R-011, BR-DE-10, BR-DE-11, BR-IC-12

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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