A code that identifies the country where the seller's address is located. Must use ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 format (2-letter country codes).
Critical for international trade, VAT determination, and customs processing
Mandatory field for address specification according to EN 16931 and international trade regulations
/Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode/CrossIndustryInvoice/SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryIDDEATCHFRNLBEITESPLDKGermany✗ InvalidDEU✗ Invalidde✗ InvalidD✗ Invalid276✗ InvalidGER✗ InvalidUse ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes: DE (Germany), AT (Austria), CH (Switzerland), FR (France), etc. Always use uppercase 2-letter codes.
DE is the correct ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code. DEU is Alpha-3, and "Germany" is the country name. Only use "DE" for electronic invoices.
Use the country code of the sovereign state. For example, use "FR" for French overseas territories, "NL" for Netherlands territories.
The country code determines VAT jurisdiction and whether EU VAT rules apply. DE indicates German VAT law, while non-EU codes may trigger different VAT treatments.
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