What it means
The seller address (BG-5) belongs in PostalTradeAddress directly under SellerTradeParty. The legal organisation of the seller may only hold the company registration number (BT-30) and the trading name (BT-28), so the rule checks that it has no address of its own.
Why it matters
This is a warning, so the invoice is still accepted. The recipient reads the seller address from the seller itself, so an address inside the legal organisation is ignored. If that is the only place your address appears, the required seller address is missing.
How to fix it
Check that SellerTradeParty has a PostalTradeAddress with your street, town, postcode and country. Then delete PostalTradeAddress from SpecifiedLegalOrganization. If your software has a separate registered office address, switch off the option that exports it.
The rule as published
PostalTradeAddress should not be present Where this rule applies
| Rule set | Version |
|---|---|
| EN 16931 (CII) | 1.3.17 |
| XRechnung 3.0 (CII) | 3.0.2 |
| NLCIUS (CII) | 1.0.3.13 |
| France CTC (CII) | 1.4.0-04 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether CII-SR-225 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- CII-SR-226 Leave out the authorised legal registration on the seller
- CII-SR-227 Seller contact should not have an ID
- CII-SR-228 Seller contact should not have a type code
- CII-SR-229 Seller contact should not have a job title
- CII-SR-230 Seller contact should not have a responsibility
- CII-SR-231 Seller contact should not have a person ID