BR-57: Each Deliver to address (BG-15) shall contain a Deliver to country code (BT-80)
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.20 · UBL
Original rule text
[BR-57]-Each Deliver to address (BG-15) shall contain a Deliver to country code (BT-80).
exists(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode)BR-57 is a fatal rule in the business layer of Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.20 · UBL. An invoice that breaks it is rejected. It refers to BG-15, BT-80.
What this rule requires
The rule requires that a deliver-to address include a country code. In UBL, each cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address must contain a cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode element; the test only checks that the element exists, not that its value is non-empty. In CII, when ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress is present, its ram:CountryID must be present and have a non-empty value after ignoring surrounding whitespace; if no PostalTradeAddress exists, the rule is satisfied. This is a fatal rule, so a document that does not meet it fails validation.
How to fix
In UBL, add cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode inside the deliver-to address (cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address) and set it to the appropriate country code (the rule does not list allowed codes; use the expected code for the address). In CII, if ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress is present, add or correct ram:CountryID to a non-empty country code value; if the address itself is not present, no change is needed for this rule.
Guidance on this rule. The original text above is authoritative.
Where to go next
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