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Warning

UBL-CR-324: No map coordinates in the tax representative's address

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-324 means the address of the seller's tax representative contains map coordinates (cac:LocationCoordinate), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove them to clear the warning.

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What it means

The postal address of the tax representative (BG-12) is made of address lines, city, post code, country subdivision and country code. The rule flags a cac:LocationCoordinate in that address, which holds a latitude and longitude. UBL allows it, but EN 16931 has no field for it. It applies to invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 does not use map coordinates in the tax representative's postal address (BG-12).

How to fix it

Remove cac:LocationCoordinate from cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PostalAddress in the exported XML. Remove the whole element, even if it is empty. If your software adds it automatically, ask the vendor how to omit it. Recheck the exported 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 TaxRepresentativeParty 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
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

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Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-324 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026