Rules / DE-R-011 · Markdown

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

DE-R-011

Layer peppol·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does DE-R-011 mean? If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Deliver to post code" (BT-78) shall be provided if the group "DELIVER TO ADDRESS" (BG-15) is delivered.

Why did my invoice fail DE-R-011?

On domestic German invoices, if the DELIVER TO ADDRESS group (BG-15) is provided, it must include the Deliver to post code (BT-78). This is the post-code counterpart of DE-R-010: an included delivery address must be complete enough to locate. In UBL the element is cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address/cbc:PostalZone.

Official rule text

If both supplier and customer are located in Germany, the element "Deliver to post code" (BT-78) shall be provided if the group "DELIVER TO ADDRESS" (BG-15) is delivered.

Common causes

• The delivery address block omits cbc:PostalZone
• Post code embedded in the city or street text instead of its own element
• Emitting an incomplete delivery address when none is actually needed

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