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CII-SR-091: Remove the country name from the origin details

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Warning: worth checking.

CII-SR-091 warns that the country-of-origin details on your CII invoice contain ram:Name. Remove this element. If you keep the country of origin (BT-159), represent it through ram:ID instead.

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What it means

For each invoice line (BG-25), the rule checks that ram:OriginTradeCountry/ram:Name is absent from ram:SpecifiedTradeProduct. It applies whether or not a country-code ID is also present.

Why it matters

The EN 16931 CII mapping uses a country code for the country of origin, not a separate country-name element. A name does not replace the ID required when you include origin information.

How to fix it

Remove ram:Name from every ram:OriginTradeCountry in the line's product details. If you keep any origin elements, make sure they contain exactly one ram:ID in total, as required by CII-SR-090. If you omit the origin, remove the whole origin element. Export the corrected file and check it again.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate an invoice against EN 16931

Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice

The rule as published

Name 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
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether CII-SR-091 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026