What it means
The delivery event (ActualDeliverySupplyChainEvent) carries the delivery date (BT-72). This rule checks that no Description text is attached to the event itself.
Why it matters
Text in this place has no defined meaning in EN 16931, so the buyer's software has nowhere to show it. The invoice is not rejected, but anything important you wrote there is likely to go unread.
How to fix it
Check whether a delivery remark or note in your software is being exported as the description of the delivery event. Move wording the buyer needs into the invoice note (BT-22), and remove it from the delivery event. The delivery date itself should stay.
The rule as published
Description 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 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether CII-SR-324 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- CII-SR-325 Delivery event must not carry an embedded file
- CII-SR-326 Delivery event must not carry a quantity
- CII-SR-327 Leave out the latest delivery date and time
- CII-SR-328 Leave out the earliest delivery date and time
- CII-SR-329 Leave out the delivery period in the delivery event
- CII-SR-330 Leave out the location in the delivery event