What it means
In a UBL invoice or credit note, the seller (BG-4) has a postal address (BG-5) under cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress. This rule checks that this address has no cbc:ID, such as an internal address number or code. The EN 16931 address is made of street, city, post code, country subdivision and country.
Why it matters
EN 16931's UBL rules do not use a separate address identifier element in the seller's postal address.
How to fix it
Switch off any export option that adds an address code or address number to the seller details, then export again. Do not remove your VAT number or other seller identifiers, which are separate fields. If you build the XML yourself, delete only cbc:ID inside cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress. Check the corrected file 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
A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingSupplierParty Party PostalAddress ID Where this rule applies
| Rule set | Version |
|---|---|
| EN 16931 (UBL) | 1.3.17 |
| EN 16931 (UBL credit note) | 1.3.17 |
| XRechnung 3.0 (UBL) | 3.0.2 |
| XRechnung 3.0 (UBL credit note) | 3.0.2 |
| Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (invoice) | 2026.5 |
| Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (credit note) | 2026.5 |
| SI-UBL 2.0 / NLCIUS (invoice) | 2.0.3.13 |
| SI-UBL 2.0 / NLCIUS (credit note) | 2.0.3.13 |
| France CTC (UBL invoice) | 1.4.0-04 |
| France CTC (UBL credit note) | 1.4.0-04 |
| CIUS-RO UBL Invoice 1.0.9 | 1.0.9 |
| CIUS-RO UBL Credit Note 1.0.9 | 1.0.9 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-147 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-148 Do not include an address type code in the seller's address
- UBL-CR-149 Do not include an address format code in the seller's address
- UBL-CR-150 Do not include a PO box element in the seller's address
- UBL-CR-151 Do not include a floor element in the seller's address
- UBL-CR-152 Do not include a room element in the seller's address
- UBL-CR-153 Do not include a separate block name element in the seller's address