BR-09: Seller country code (BT-40) is missing
Severity: fatal · Syntax: CII, UBL
Official message
The Seller postal address (BG-5) shall contain a Seller country code (BT-40).
What this means
The seller postal address BG-5 must contain a seller country code BT-40 that is non-empty after normalize-space. UBL checks cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode in the seller address context. The ISO list is checked by BR-CL-14.
Typical cause
City and post code are filled in, the country is missing.
How to fix it
Set the country code, DE for Germany.
UBL
<cac:Country>
<cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode>
</cac:Country>CII
<ram:CountryID>DE</ram:CountryID>Business term
BG-5, BT-40
Related rules
Context and assertion
UBL cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress
CII /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice
UBL
normalize-space(cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode) != ''CII
normalize-space(rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CountryID) != ''Check a file now, free of charge
curl -F "file=@rechnung.xml" https://checkxrechnung.com/v1/validate
Questions
What does BR-09 actually check?
The seller postal address BG-5 must contain a seller country code BT-40 that is non-empty after normalize-space. UBL checks cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode in the seller address context. The ISO list is checked by BR-CL-14.
How do I fix BR-09?
Set the country code, DE for Germany.
If BR-09 passes, is the invoice legally compliant?
No. This page helps you read this one Schematron assertion. A pass is not a statement about tax law, portal acceptance, or bank overlays.