Reference

BR-08 Seller postal address is required

An invoice shall contain the Seller postal address (BG-5), the group describing where the supplier is established.

This is an EN 16931 core rule. The seller address is needed for VAT treatment and for the legal identification of the seller. The error usually appears when an export writes the seller name and VAT identifier but leaves out cac:PostalAddress. In CII, BG-5 is ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress.

Solution

Add cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress with at least the country code and the applicable address components.

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Valid Examples

BG-5 present with cac:PostalAddress containing city, postal code and country

Invalid Examples

The supplier party has no cac:PostalAddress element at all

Code Examples

Valid XML

<cac:Party>
  <cac:PostalAddress>
    <cbc:CityName>Berlin</cbc:CityName>
    <cbc:PostalZone>10115</cbc:PostalZone>
    <cac:Country>
      <cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode>
    </cac:Country>
  </cac:PostalAddress>
</cac:Party>

Invalid XML

<cac:Party>
  <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
    <cbc:RegistrationName>Muster Handels GmbH</cbc:RegistrationName>
  </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
</cac:Party>

Affected Fields

BG-5 Seller postal address

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