CII-SR-254: Leave out the address inside the buyer's legal organisation

What it means

Inside the buyer's legal organisation block, no postal address may be given. The buyer's address (BG-8) goes directly under the buyer, in its own PostalTradeAddress element. The same restriction applies in the CII rules for XRechnung, NLCIUS and the French CTC rules.

Why it matters

This is a warning, so the file is still accepted. The recipient's software reads only the address directly under the buyer. If the address in the legal organisation is different, for example a registered office, it is not used and is easy to overlook.

How to fix it

On the customer record, check that the invoice address is complete. Then look for a registered office or legal address setting that your software exports as a second address, and switch it off. If you edit the XML yourself, delete PostalTradeAddress inside the buyer's SpecifiedLegalOrganization and keep the one directly under the buyer.

The rule as published

PostalTradeAddress should not be present

Where this rule applies