Validation rules

BR-CL-14 — EN 16931 rule

A country code in the invoice is not an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

Rule
BR-CL-14 — official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule
Severity
error

How to fix it

Correct invoice.seller.address.country or invoice.buyer.address.country to a real two-letter code, e.g. "DE".

BR-CL-14 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?

Ein Ländercode in der Rechnung ist kein gültiger ISO-3166-1-alpha-2-Code. Das Eingabeschema prüft nur das Format (zwei Großbuchstaben) — ein nicht existierender Code wie "XX" fällt erst beim KoSIT-Validator auf, der das Dokument ablehnt.

So beheben Sie den Fehler

Korrigieren Sie invoice.seller.address.country bzw. invoice.buyer.address.country auf einen echten Zwei-Buchstaben-Code, z. B. "DE".

Related rules

  • BR-CL-15 — The item country of origin (BT-159) is not an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
  • BR-CL-13 — The list identifier of an item classification (BT-158 listID) is not a UNTDID 7143 code.
  • BR-CL-16 — The payment means code (BT-81) is not a UNTDID 4461 code.
  • BR-CL-11 — The scheme of a legal registration identifier (BT-30/BT-47 schemeID) is not part of the ISO/IEC 6523 ICD list.
  • BR-CL-17 — A VAT category code at document level (BT-95, BT-102 or BT-118) is not one of the UNCL 5305 values EN 16931…
  • BR-CL-10 — The scheme of a party identifier (BT-29/BT-46 schemeID) is not part of the ISO/IEC 6523 ICD list.

Official sources

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