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Warning

UBL-CR-351: Leave out the description of the delivery location

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-351 means your UBL invoice or credit note has a free-text description on the delivery location (cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cbc:Description), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove that description; this rule does not require you to add an address in its place.

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What it means

The rule checks that the delivery location (cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation) has no free-text description (cbc:Description) directly under it. EN 16931 records the deliver-to address (BG-15) and the deliver-to location identifier (BT-71) in separate fields. It does not use cbc:Description directly under the delivery location.

Why it matters

EN 16931 has separate fields for the deliver-to address and location identifier, but does not use a description directly under cac:DeliveryLocation.

How to fix it

If the description contains address details, move those details into the appropriate fields of the deliver-to address (BG-15). If it names the receiving party, use the deliver-to party name (BT-70). Clear the location description in your invoicing software and export again. If you build the XML yourself, delete the cbc:Description directly under cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation and keep any existing cac:Address.

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 DeliveryLocation Description

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-351 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026