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Warning

UBL-CR-200: A seller contact outside the seller party should be left out

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-200 means your UBL file contains a seller contact beside the seller party, in cac:SellerContact, which EN 16931 does not use. This is a warning. Move any contact details you need into cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact and remove cac:SellerContact directly under cac:AccountingSupplierParty.

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What it means

The rule checks the seller block (cac:AccountingSupplierParty) and warns when it contains cac:SellerContact directly under it. EN 16931 does have a seller contact (BG-6), but it belongs inside the party, at cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact, with the contact name (BT-41), telephone number (BT-42) and email address (BT-43). The check applies to UBL invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses the contact inside the seller party, not the separate cac:SellerContact block. This rule checks whether that separate block exists, even if it is empty.

How to fix it

Copy any name, telephone number and email address you need from cac:SellerContact into cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact, as cbc:Name, cbc:Telephone and cbc:ElectronicMail. Preserve any contact details already there. Then delete cac:SellerContact directly under cac:AccountingSupplierParty. If your invoicing software creates this block, ask its supplier to correct the export. Export again and recheck the file.

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 SellerContact

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
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-200 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026