BR-RO-212: Delivery county in Romania must be an ISO 3166-2:RO code

What it means

When the country code of the delivery address (BT-80) is RO, the country subdivision of that address (BT-79), which is the county, must be a code from the ISO 3166-2:RO list. The list has one code for each county and one for Bucharest, for example RO-AB for Alba and RO-B for Bucharest. An empty county fails too, because an empty value is not on the list. The rule only applies when the invoice has a delivery address.

Why it matters

The Romanian e-Factura rules treat the county of a Romanian address as a coded value, not free text. A county written as a name, or a code that is not on the ISO list, fails the check and the invoice is rejected.

How to fix it

Open the delivery address (ship-to or delivery location) in your invoicing software and look at the county or region field. Pick the county from the list if the software offers one, or type the code in capitals with its RO- prefix, for example RO-CJ for Cluj or RO-B for Bucharest. If the goods go to another country, check that the delivery country is not set to RO by mistake.

The rule as published

Daca Codul tarii de livrare (BT-80) este "RO", atunci Subdiviziunea tarii de livrare (BT-79) trebuie sa fie codificata folosind lista de coduri ISO 3166-2:RO (ex. "RO-B" pentru Municipiul Bucuresti, "RO-AB" pentru judetul Alba...). #If Delivery country code (BT-80) is "RO", then Delivery country subdivision (BT-79) must be coded using the ISO 3166-2: RO code list (ex. "RO-B" for Bucharest, "RO-AB" for Alba County...).

Business terms: BT-79, BT-80

Where this rule applies