What it means
The rule checks that the delivery section of a UBL file (cac:Delivery) has no latest delivery date (cbc:LatestDeliveryDate). In UBL that field gives the last date by which a delivery may take place, which is an agreed deadline rather than something that happened. The invoice carries the date of supply as the delivery date (BT-72), or a period as the invoicing period (BG-14).
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a latest delivery date in cac:Delivery/cbc:LatestDeliveryDate.
How to fix it
Clear the latest delivery date in your invoicing software and export again. If you include a delivery date (BT-72), use the day the goods or services were supplied. You can use the invoicing period (BT-73 and BT-74) to describe a supply over a period. If you build the XML yourself, delete the cbc:LatestDeliveryDate that sits directly under cac:Delivery.
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 Delivery LatestDeliveryDate 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-347 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-348 Leave out the latest delivery time
- UBL-CR-349 Leave out the delivery release identifier
- UBL-CR-350 Leave out the delivery tracking number
- UBL-CR-351 Leave out the description of the delivery location
- UBL-CR-352 Leave out the conditions of the delivery location
- UBL-CR-353 Put the delivery region in the address, not on the location