What it means
This rule checks that the buyer's postal address (BG-8) does not contain a location coordinate block, cac:LocationCoordinate. That block holds a latitude and longitude, sometimes with a coordinate system code. EN 16931 describes the buyer's postal address with text fields and a country code. The rule applies to UBL invoices and credit notes.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a LocationCoordinate block in the buyer's postal address.
How to fix it
Check whether your invoicing software or customer record stores GPS coordinates for the buyer and stop exporting them in the buyer's postal address. If your software cannot omit this block, ask your software supplier to change the export. If you build the XML yourself, delete cac:LocationCoordinate from cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress. Export or save the file again and recheck it.
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 LocationCoordinate 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-230 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-231 Leave the physical location out of the buyer's details
- UBL-CR-232 Leave the tax registration name out of the buyer's tax details
- UBL-CR-233 Leave the tax level code out of the buyer's tax details
- UBL-CR-234 Leave the exemption reason code out of the buyer's tax details
- UBL-CR-235 Leave the exemption reason text out of the buyer's tax details
- UBL-CR-236 Leave the tax registration address out of the buyer's tax details