BR-10: buyer postal address missing
The invoice has no buyer postal address (BG-8) at all — the buyer-side counterpart of BR-8. The address group itself is missing, distinct from the country code (BT-55, checked by BR-11) which is a sub-field inside that group.
Last updated: 2026-07-22
Affected field
BG-8 Buyer postal address / cac:PostalAddress (UBL, under cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party) / ram:PostalTradeAddress (CII, under ram:BuyerTradeParty)
Cause
The customer record has no structured address — common for quickly created customers or ones imported without field validation — or the export only maps the address into a free-text field that never populates the expected group.
Fix
Add the full address group on the buyer party: at minimum the country code (BT-55), ideally also city and postal code. In UBL under cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress; in CII under ram:BuyerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress.
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Frequently asked questions
Does BR-10 also apply to individual customers?▼
Yes. EN 16931 requires a buyer postal address regardless of whether the buyer is a business or an individual.
How is this different from BR-11?▼
BR-10 checks that the address group exists; BR-11 checks that the country code (BT-55) inside that group is present. Always fix BR-10 before BR-11 — without an address group, the country code cannot be present anyway.