diff --git a/emulators/ep128emu.yml b/emulators/ep128emu.yml
index 80391263..21b019b2 100644
--- a/emulators/ep128emu.yml
+++ b/emulators/ep128emu.yml
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ files:
     hle_fallback: true
     system: enterprise-128
     has_builtin: true
-    note: "Hungarian language extension. Auto-loaded when content locale is Hungarian."
-    source_ref: "core/core.cpp:245-246"
+    note: "Hungarian language extension. Loaded into segment 4 when the content name carries the TOSEC tag [req zrom]."
+    source_ref: "core/core.cpp:240-244, core/core.hpp:221-226, core/main.cpp:890-898"
 
   - name: epdos16f.rom
     path: ep128emu/roms/epdos16f.rom
@@ -197,14 +197,13 @@ files:
 
   - name: brd.rom
     path: ep128emu/roms/brd.rom
-    region: [germany]
     md5: 6af0402906944fd134004b85097c8524
     required: false
     hle_fallback: true
     system: enterprise-128
     has_builtin: true
-    note: "German (BRD) language extension. Auto-loaded when content locale is German."
-    source_ref: "core/core.cpp:263-264"
+    note: "German (BRD) language extension. Loaded into segment 4 when the content name carries the TOSEC tag [req brd-rom]."
+    source_ref: "core/core.cpp:258-262, core/core.hpp:221-226, core/main.cpp:890-898"
 
   # epd19hft.rom and zt19hfnt.rom: listed in .info (firmware8, firmware9) but
   # NOT referenced in core source code and NOT in builtin_rom map (roms.hpp:46516-46538).
diff --git a/emulators/ep128emu_core.yml b/emulators/ep128emu_core.yml
index ec582fb4..014f7156 100644
--- a/emulators/ep128emu_core.yml
+++ b/emulators/ep128emu_core.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ files:
   - name: brd.rom
     description: Enterprise 128 German language extension
     path: ep128emu/roms/brd.rom
-    region: [germany]
     required: false
     source_ref: "core/core.cpp:261, roms/roms.hpp:42409-43777"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_region_groups.py b/tests/test_region_groups.py
index 691bdb2c..4c2fd580 100644
--- a/tests/test_region_groups.py
+++ b/tests/test_region_groups.py
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ class TheEnterpriseKeepsItsRom(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         self.assertNotIn("bios/brd.rom", drops)
 
+    def test_brd_rom_is_chosen_by_the_content_not_a_territory(self):
+        # core.hpp:221-226: "[req brd-rom]" in the content name selects it,
+        # whatever the user's country, as "[req zrom]" selects hun.rom.
+        from common import load_emulator_profiles
+
+        profiles = load_emulator_profiles(str(REPO_ROOT / "emulators"))
+        for name in ("ep128emu", "ep128emu_core"):
+            entry = next(f for f in profiles[name]["files"] if f["name"] == "brd.rom")
+            with self.subTest(profile=name):
+                self.assertFalse(entry.get("region"))
+
 
 class TheGroupTakesThePlatformSpelling(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_a_profile_spelling_maps_to_the_platform_one(self):