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Warning

UBL-CR-276: The payee should not include a registration date

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-276 means the payee has a company registration date (cbc:RegistrationDate), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove the date from the payee block. It is only a warning, so the invoice is still accepted.

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What it means

Checks that the legal entity of the payee (cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyLegalEntity) does not contain cbc:RegistrationDate, the date the company was registered. For the payee (BG-10), only the company registration number (BT-61, in cbc:CompanyID) is allowed from this block, not the date.

Why it matters

This is a warning, so the file is still accepted. The standard has no field for the date a payee was registered, so the recipient's software normally ignores it. It is worth removing when you want a clean report, or when a recipient asks for a file without warnings.

How to fix it

Look for a registration or incorporation date on the payee or company profile in your invoicing software and clear it for e-invoice exports. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:RegistrationDate from cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyLegalEntity and keep cbc:CompanyID if you want the registration number.

The rule as published

A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty PartyLegalEntity RegistrationDate

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-276 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026