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@@ -365,6 +365,24 @@ shows both addresses too, relabeling the first one "Rechnungsadresse"
 instead of "Lieferadresse" only once there's an actual second address to
 distinguish it from.
 
+### Destination countries (Payload-configurable)
+
+Both country `<select>`s (billing, and the shipping-address override)
+are fed by `getShippingCountries()` (`app/lib/payload.ts`) reading
+Payload's `shipping-countries` collection (`name`, `plzDigits`,
+`active`, `sortOrder`) — not a hardcoded array anymore. `plzDigits` also
+drives PLZ's own `maxLength`/pattern validation (`validateZip()` in
+`CheckoutContent.tsx` builds a `country → digit count` map from this
+list), so an admin adding a country in Payload doesn't need a frontend
+deploy to make it selectable, and the PLZ format check automatically
+matches whatever digit count that country's row specifies. Seeded with
+Deutschland (5 digits) and Österreich (4) — matching what this checkout
+already offered before this became configurable. Adding a country here
+(e.g. Schweiz) makes it immediately selectable at checkout; it does
+**not** by itself add any customs/export-invoice handling or affect VAT
+exemption eligibility (see "VAT exemption" below — that's still a
+separate, deliberately-not-Payload-configurable legal decision).
+
 ### Product variants
 
 A cart line's identity is `(id, variant)` together, not `id` alone —
@@ -601,6 +619,14 @@ inbox, not only in `/konto/bestellungen`.
   order is VAT-exempt (see "VAT exemption" below), this annotation becomes
   "Steuerfreie innergemeinschaftliche Lieferung (§4 Nr. 1b UStG)" instead —
   "enthält 0% MwSt.: 0,00 €" would be a meaningless thing to print.
+- **Netto row (added 2026-07-23)**: a dedicated "Netto" row sits between
+  Gesamt and the "enthält X% MwSt." annotation on every invoice this shop
+  issues (original, Storno, Gutschrift alike) — businesses read this
+  directly for their own input-tax deduction instead of computing Gesamt
+  minus MwSt by hand. Shown unconditionally, including on VAT-exempt
+  orders (net and Gesamt happen to be the same figure there — a first
+  version skipped the row in that case, corrected same day since the ask
+  was for every invoice, not conditional on the tax rate).
 - **Product thumbnails**: each item row shows a small product image —
   resolved from the order-confirmation data's already-available
   `imageUrl` for the checkout-time attachment, or via
@@ -724,14 +750,17 @@ download routes and the correction-invoice email.
 
 ### VAT exemption (innergemeinschaftliche Lieferung)
 
-Built 2026-07-23. A cross-border EU B2B sale — this checkout's only
-cross-border option is Österreich (Deutschland is domestic, Schweiz a
-non-EU export with its own different exemption) — to a buyer whose VAT ID
-a live lookup against the EU's public VIES service actually confirms is
-registered gets zero-rated per §4 Nr. 1b UStG. Deliberately *not* based on
-format-validity alone: an unverified VAT ID zero-rating an invoice is a
-real compliance risk (if it later turns out unregistered, the seller
-retroactively owes the VAT itself).
+Built 2026-07-23. A cross-border EU B2B sale — Österreich is the
+eligible destination (`isExemptionEligibleCountry()` in
+`app/lib/vatExemption.ts`, hardcoded, deliberately **not** read from the
+Payload-configurable `shipping-countries` list above — eligibility is a
+legal decision, not a shipping-logistics one, so an admin adding a new
+destination country can't accidentally also grant it a VAT exemption) —
+to a buyer whose VAT ID a live lookup against the EU's public VIES
+service actually confirms is registered gets zero-rated per §4 Nr. 1b
+UStG. Deliberately *not* based on format-validity alone: an unverified
+VAT ID zero-rating an invoice is a real compliance risk (if it later
+turns out unregistered, the seller retroactively owes the VAT itself).
 
 - **`app/lib/vies.ts`** — calls the European Commission's public VIES REST
   API (`POST .../check-vat-number`, confirmed live 2026-07-23) directly,
@@ -767,14 +796,24 @@ retroactively owes the VAT itself).
   closed on the exemption**: normal VAT applies, never a guessed exemption
   (contrast the Payload backend's own `company-settings.vatId` VIES check,
   which fails open, since that one only needs to catch an admin's
-  data-entry typo, not decide a tax rate).
+  data-entry typo, not decide a tax rate). On an unconfirmed VAT ID, the
+  field re-focuses so the customer's attention returns there — it no
+  longer also selects the whole existing value (dropped 2026-07-23; a
+  stray keystroke while just glancing at the error shouldn't wipe out
+  what was already typed). This same "re-focus the failing field"
+  behavior now applies generically to *any* checkout field that fails
+  its own blur validation, not just this one — see the bullet below.
 - **Every other checkout field is now blur-validated too** (fixed
   2026-07-23, alongside this feature) — inline red error text appears the
   moment a field loses focus (required fields, email format, PLZ digit
   count per country, Packstation/Postnummer digit count), not only when
   the browser's native `pattern`/`required` validation kicks in at submit.
   The native attributes stay in place as a fallback for any field somehow
-  never blurred (e.g. autofill).
+  never blurred (e.g. autofill). `setFieldError(name, message, refocusEl?)`
+  (`CheckoutContent.tsx`) takes an optional element to refocus whenever the
+  message is non-empty — every field's own `onBlur` passes `e.target`, so
+  a field that fails validation gets focus put right back on it
+  generically, not just the USt-IdNr. special case above.
 - **Persistence**: `Orders.vatExempt`/`vatIdValidatedAt` (Payload backend)
   record the outcome, decided once server-side, never editable in the
   admin. `vatIdValidatedAt` is set for *any* VIES-confirmed VAT ID
@@ -831,6 +870,59 @@ updating as the admin edits `sellerName`/address/`taxRatePercent`/
   current row — the page's initial (pre-postMessage) fetch is the same
   live data `getCompanySettings()` always returns.
 
+## Newsletter signup & Brevo sync
+
+Built 2026-07-23. Four separate signup entry points across the site —
+the shared `Newsletter` panel (`app/components/Newsletter.tsx`, reused on
+Home and `/newsletter`), `NewsletterModal.tsx` (the Navbar's "Newsletter"
+CTA), `/newsletter`'s own inline hero form
+(`app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx`), and `/challenge`'s
+`EmailCapture` (`app/challenge/components/EmailCapture.tsx`) — plus
+checkout's existing `newsletterOptIn` checkbox, all sync to Brevo's
+contact list. **Three of the four standalone forms were completely
+non-functional before this** (static markup, no `onSubmit` at all —
+discovered while wiring this up, not a regression) and the fourth
+(`NewsletterModal`) plus checkout's checkbox captured data that just sat
+unsynced.
+
+- **`app/lib/brevo.ts`** — the only thing that talks to Brevo.
+  `upsertNewsletterContact(email, source)` calls Brevo's
+  `POST /v3/contacts` with `updateEnabled: true` (204 for both a new and
+  an existing contact — no special-casing needed) and a
+  `BREVO_LIST_ID`-scoped list membership. `source` (`"checkout"` |
+  `"newsletter-page"` | `"newsletter-modal"` | `"newsletter-hero"` |
+  `"challenge"`) is stored as the contact's `OPT_IN_SOURCE` attribute for
+  segmentation — that attribute has to already exist on the Brevo account
+  (`POST /v3/contacts/attributes/normal/OPT_IN_SOURCE`) or Brevo silently
+  drops it on every upsert (no error at all, just never stored) rather
+  than rejecting the request.
+- **`app/lib/useNewsletterSignup.ts`** — the shared email/consent/submit
+  state + on-blur validation + refocus-on-invalid-submit behind all four
+  forms (same "state of the art, simple" input-quality bar as checkout's
+  own fields). Each form keeps its own markup/visual style (`Newsletter`'s
+  panel layout, `/challenge`'s hardcoded-hex-color palette, etc.) — only
+  the logic is shared, not a one-size-fits-all component.
+- **`app/lib/email.ts`** — `isValidEmail()`/`validateEmailFormat()`,
+  the single plain-email-format check shared by every newsletter form
+  *and* checkout's own email field (previously duplicated between
+  `CheckoutContent.tsx` and the subscribe route).
+- **`app/api/newsletter/subscribe/route.ts`** — validates
+  email-format + consent server-side too (never trusts the client alone),
+  then calls `upsertNewsletterContact()`.
+- Checkout's sync (`app/api/checkout/route.ts`) is fire-and-forget
+  alongside the order-confirmation email — a failed marketing sync must
+  never fail checkout, and isn't worth a critical alert either (nothing
+  customer-facing depends on it).
+- **This app never sends marketing/campaign mail itself** — only
+  transactional (order confirmation, password reset, status updates).
+  Whatever automation Brevo has configured on the list (a "Welcome Flow"
+  etc.) runs entirely on Brevo's own side once a contact lands there;
+  Brevo's Automation workflows aren't exposed via their public REST API
+  at all, so that piece can only be built/inspected in Brevo's own UI, not
+  from this codebase.
+- Needs `BREVO_API_KEY`/`BREVO_LIST_ID` set in the deployment environment
+  — confirmed live end-to-end 2026-07-23.
+
 ## Orders & customer accounts
 
 An account is required to buy — there is no guest checkout. Registration
@@ -869,7 +961,10 @@ this check was skipped or raced.
 - **`/konto/bestellungen`** lists a customer's own orders (status shown as
   a colored `OrderStatusBadge.tsx`, plus an "Abmelden" link —
   `LogoutButton.tsx`); **`/konto/bestellungen/[orderNumber]`** shows one
-  order's full detail (items, address, totals, `status`). `status`
+  order's full detail (items, address, totals, `status`, plus
+  companyName/VAT-ID and a VAT-exemption note when the order has them —
+  added 2026-07-23, `CustomerOrderDetail` already carried these fields but
+  the page never rendered them). `status`
   (`received` → `processing` → `shipped` → `delivered`, plus
   `cancelled`/`return_requested`/`returned`) is maintained by hand in the
   Payload admin for the shipping states — no shipping-carrier API