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DE-R-010

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What does DE-R-010 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Deliver to city" (BT-77) shall be provided if the group "DELIVER TO ADDRESS" (BG-15) is delivered.

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-010?

On domestic German invoices, if a DELIVER TO ADDRESS group (BG-15) is included at all, it must contain the Deliver to city (BT-77). The rule does not force you to provide a delivery address, but once you do, Germany requires it to include the city. In UBL this is cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address/cbc:CityName.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Deliver to city" (BT-77) shall be provided if the group "DELIVER TO ADDRESS" (BG-15) is delivered.

Common causes

• A cac:Delivery address block is present but only contains a street line or country
• The delivery address was copied from a system that stores city and post code in one free-text field
• A partial delivery address stub is emitted even when no real delivery address exists (in that case, omit BG-15 entirely)

How do I fix it?

<cac:Delivery>
  <cac:DeliveryLocation>
    <cac:Address>
      <cbc:CityName>Hamburg</cbc:CityName>
      <cbc:PostalZone>20095</cbc:PostalZone>
      <cac:Country><cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode></cac:Country>
    </cac:Address>
  </cac:DeliveryLocation>
</cac:Delivery>

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-008