What it means
The rule warns if cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress in a UBL invoice or credit note contains cbc:Floor. In UBL that element holds the floor of the building where the buyer is. EN 16931 has no separate field for it.
Why it matters
EN 16931 has no separate floor field. You can keep the floor as address text without including cbc:Floor.
How to fix it
If you need to keep the floor, add it to the second address line (BT-51), for example '3rd floor'. In XML, use cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cbc:AdditionalStreetName and preserve any text already there. Delete cbc:Floor from the same address, 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 AccountingCustomerParty Party PostalAddress Floor 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-214 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-215 The buyer's address should not have a separate room field
- UBL-CR-216 The buyer's address should not have a block name field
- UBL-CR-217 The buyer's address should not have a building name field
- UBL-CR-218 The buyer's address should not have a separate house number field
- UBL-CR-219 The buyer's address should not have an in-house mail field
- UBL-CR-220 The buyer's address should not have a department field