BR-DE – XRechnung

BR-DE-10: deliver-to city (BT-77) missing

ErrorXRechnung business rule (KoSIT)

Official message

[BR-DE-10] Das Element "Deliver to city" (BT-77) muss übermittelt werden, wenn die Gruppe "DELIVER TO ADDRESS" (BG-15) übermittelt wird.

Source: KoSIT XRechnung, version 3.0.2 (Schematron 2.6.0)

What the message means

Your invoice names a delivery address, but without a city. The delivery address is optional in XRechnung; once you give it, however, it must be complete, with city, post code and country. A half address would mislead the recipient, so the invoice is rejected. You have two ways: complete the address, or leave the whole group out if the goods went to the invoice address.

How to fix it

Add the city of the delivery address: in UBL cbc:CityName under cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address, in CII ram:CityName in the PostalTradeAddress of the ShipToTradeParty. Alternatively remove the delivery address entirely when it adds nothing.

Before – invalid

<cac:Delivery>
  <cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>2026-03-02</cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>
  <cac:DeliveryLocation>
    <cac:Address>
      <cbc:StreetName>Werkstraße 5</cbc:StreetName>
      <cbc:PostalZone>70173</cbc:PostalZone>
      <cac:Country><cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode></cac:Country>
    </cac:Address>
  </cac:DeliveryLocation>
</cac:Delivery>

After – corrected

<cac:Delivery>
  <cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>2026-03-02</cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>
  <cac:DeliveryLocation>
    <cac:Address>
      <cbc:StreetName>Werkstraße 5</cbc:StreetName>
      <cbc:CityName>Stuttgart</cbc:CityName>
      <cbc:PostalZone>70173</cbc:PostalZone>
      <cac:Country><cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode></cac:Country>
    </cac:Address>
  </cac:DeliveryLocation>
</cac:Delivery>

Frequently asked

Do I have to give a delivery address at all?

No. BG-15 is optional. The rule applies only when the group is present; then the city must be in it.

Is the delivery date enough without an address?

Yes. The delivery date stands outside the address group and can be given alone without triggering BR-DE-10.

Also seen when …

The software always writes the delivery group, even when only the street is known.
The delivery address was taken from the order, where the city stood in a free-text field.
A placeholder for the delivery address was left in the template.

Fields concerned

BT-77
BG-15

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Technical details

UBL · Context (XPath): /ubl:Invoice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address | /cn:CreditNote/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address
UBL · Schematron test: cbc:CityName[boolean(normalize-space(.))]
CII · Context (XPath): /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery/ram:ShipToTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress
CII · Schematron test: ram:CityName[boolean(normalize-space(.))]

Explanation written on 14 September 2026