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DE-R-008

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What does DE-R-008 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Buyer city" (BT-52) shall be provided.

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-008?

When both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the Buyer city (BT-52) must be present. Germany requires a complete buyer postal address on domestic invoices; the city is carried in UBL at cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cbc:CityName.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Buyer city" (BT-52) shall be provided.

Common causes

• cbc:CityName is missing from the buyer's cac:PostalAddress
• The full address was concatenated into a single street line, leaving city empty
• Buyer master data is incomplete in the ERP

How do I fix it?

<cac:AccountingCustomerParty>
  <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>
</cac:AccountingCustomerParty>

Related rules

DE-R-001 · DE-R-002 · DE-R-003 · DE-R-004 · DE-R-005 · DE-R-006 · DE-R-007 · DE-R-009