Validation rules
BR-08
The seller postal address (BG-5) is missing.
- Rule
BR-08— official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule- Severity
- error
- Detected by
- tier 3 — KoSIT validator (authoritative)
- Reachability
- Only reachable when validating your own XML — normbill-generated documents cannot trigger it
invoice.seller.address (with a country) is required by the request schema, so generated documents always contain BG-5.
How to fix it
Add cac:PostalAddress to the supplier party — the country code (BT-40) is the minimum EN 16931 requires.
BR-08 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?
Die Postanschrift des Verkäufers (BG-5) fehlt.
So beheben Sie den Fehler
Ergänzen Sie cac:PostalAddress bei der Verkäuferpartei — mindestens der Ländercode (BT-40) ist Pflicht.
Official sources
- XRechnung specification (KoSIT / xeinkauf.de)
- KoSIT validator on GitHub and the XRechnung validator configuration
Every 422 from the API lists the rule id, the path in your request JSON, a plain-language message and a suggested fix — see the docs overview for the report format.