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BR-CL-14
A country code is not a valid ISO 3166-1 code
What the message means
A country code is not a valid ISO 3166-1 code.
What the issuer needs to change
Correct the country code, for example DE.
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- Rule set
- EN 16931 (CEN, rule set 1.3.16)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
Country codes in an invoice MUST be coded using ISO code list 3166-1
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode
Test: not(((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' 1A AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO AQ AR AS AT AU AW AX AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BL BM BN BO BQ BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA CC CD CF CG CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CR CU CV CW CX CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GR GS GT GU GW GY HK HM HN HR HT HU ID IE IL IM IN IO IQ IR IS IT JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KR KW KY KZ LA LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NC NE NF NG NI NL NO NP NR NU NZ OM PA PE PF PG PH PK PL PM PN PR PS PT PW PY QA RE RO RS RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR SS ST SV SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TH TJ TK TL TM TN TO TR TT TV TW TZ UA UG UM US UY UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS XI YE YT ZA ZM ZW ', concat(' ', normalize-space(.), ' ')))))
CII
Context: ram:CountryID
Test: not(((not(contains(normalize-space(.), ' ')) and contains(' 1A AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AN AO AQ AR AS AT AU AW AX AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BL BJ BM BN BO BQ BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA CC CD CF CG CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CR CU CV CW CX CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GR GS GT GU GW GY HK HM HN HR HT HU ID IE IL IM IN IO IQ IR IS IT JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KR KW KY KZ LA LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NC NE NF NG NI NL NO NP NR NU NZ OM PA PE PF PG PH PK PL PM PN PR PS PT PW PY QA RE RO RS RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR ST SV SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TH TJ TK TL TM TN TO TR TT TV TW TZ UA UG UM US UY UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS XI YE YT ZA ZM ZW ', concat(' ', normalize-space(.), ' ')))))
Related rules
- BR-CL-10The scheme of an identifier (for example BT-29 or BT-46) is not a valid ISO 6523 code
- BR-CL-11The scheme of a registration number (BT-30 or BT-47) is not a valid ISO 6523 code
- BR-CL-13The scheme of an item classification (BT-158) is not allowed
- BR-CL-15A country code is not a valid ISO 3166-1 code
- BR-CL-16The payment means code (BT-81) is not allowed
- BR-CL-17A VAT category is not a valid code