{
  "id": "BRD-215",
  "slug": "brd-215",
  "title": "The vetting provider must support this entity type and country",
  "statement": "The chosen vetting provider must support the brand's entity type and country of registration.",
  "rationale": "The providers cover different ground — one takes public, private, non-profit and government brands, another only US private and public companies, and the political route is import-only — so an order placed with the wrong one is refused after it is paid for. Nothing in the ordering flow narrows the list to the ones that can actually take your brand.",
  "layer": "BRAND",
  "layerSlug": "brand",
  "object": "vet provider vs brand.entity_type / brand.country",
  "severity": "BLOCKING",
  "detectability": [
    "DETERMINISTIC"
  ],
  "failureClass": "RETRY_FIELD",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "codes": [
    {
      "provider": "TCR",
      "code": "525",
      "remediable": true
    }
  ],
  "applicabilityText": "Applies to every 10DLC registration.",
  "universal": true,
  "remediation": "Check the provider's coverage before ordering: Aegis takes public, private, non-profit and government brands; WMC takes US private and public companies only; Campaign Verify is political and import-only. Done when the provider you order from lists your entity type and country.",
  "example": "vetting provider: AEGIS for a NON_PROFIT brand — WMC does not cover non-profits",
  "notes": "The coverage matrix is published by TCR and changes as providers are added. Only the two documented exclusions are checked here — WMC's US-private-and-public-only scope, and Campaign Verify being import-only — so a provider passing this check should still be confirmed against the current matrix.",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-215/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-215.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}