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BR-10

EN 16931-1 layer: en16931

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-10 mean? The invoice is missing the Buyer postal address (BG-8). At minimum the buyer country code is required.

Why did my invoice fail BR-10?

The invoice must contain the Buyer postal address (BG-8), the group of address elements locating the buyer. Its presence is required so buyer-address sub-rules such as the country code can be validated. In UBL it is cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress.

Official rule text

An Invoice shall contain the Buyer postal address (BG-8).

Common causes

• The Buyer cac:PostalAddress element is missing.
• Only a Delivery address was provided, not the buyer's postal address.
• The PostalAddress element is present but empty.
• Buyer address details were mistakenly placed under the seller party.

How do I fix it?

<cac:AccountingCustomerParty><cac:Party><cac:PostalAddress><cbc:CityName>Paris</cbc:CityName><cbc:PostalZone>75001</cbc:PostalZone><cac:Country><cbc:IdentificationCode>FR</cbc:IdentificationCode></cac:Country></cac:PostalAddress></cac:Party></cac:AccountingCustomerParty>

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