BR-DE-3Error — invoice will be rejectedxrechnung

XRechnung error BR-DE-3: seller city missing

BR-DE-3 requires the seller postal address (BG-5) to contain the city (BT-37). EN 16931 requires only the country code — XRechnung additionally makes the city and post code mandatory.

Last updated: 2026-06-24

Affected field

cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cbc:CityName (UBL) / ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CityName (CII)

Cause

The seller address has no CityName element — common when master data stored only country and street but no city.

Fix

Add cbc:CityName with the city (e.g. 'Berlin') under the seller postal address.

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Mandate context

Germany e-invoicing mandate (all deadlines) →Germany January 2027 — large companies →Germany January 2028 — all businesses →

Frequently asked questions

Does BR-DE-3 apply to ZUGFeRD / Factur-X?▼

No. BR-DE-3 is an XRechnung-specific CIUS-DE rule. ZUGFeRD and Factur-X follow the EN 16931 core, which does not strictly require the city.

Related error codes

BR-DE-4 BR-DE-8 BR-DE-9