What does BR-CL-14 mean?

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E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-CL-14: Use a code from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

Use a code from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (for example IE, NL, DE) code list.

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Original wording of the rule

[BR-CL-14]-Country codes in an invoice MUST be coded using ISO code list 3166-1

Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)

How to fix it

Open the XML file and find the element cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode.
Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
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A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

<cac:Country
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:IdentificationCode>SK</cbc:IdentificationCode>
</cac:Country>

The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.

When it is reported

Profile: EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, XRechnung 3.x

How we rate it: error

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode

Related rules

BR-CL-11 Use a code from the ISO 6523 ICD code list
BR-CL-13 Use a code from the UNTDID 7143 code list
BR-CL-15 Use a code from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code list
BR-CL-16 Use a code from the UNTDID 4461 code list
BR-CL-17 Use a code from the UNTDID 5305 (S, Z, E, AE, K, G, O, L, M, B) code

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