What it means
This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a floor element (cbc:Floor inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). It applies to invoices and credit notes alike. EN 16931 has no separate field for the floor of a building, so the element is not part of the invoice model.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a separate floor element in the delivery address.
How to fix it
In your invoicing software, check whether the floor is exported in its own delivery address element. If you need to keep it, add it to the street line or an extra address line, for example 'Station Road 12, 3rd floor'. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:Floor from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and put the text in cbc:StreetName or cbc:AdditionalStreetName in the same address. Recheck the corrected 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 Delivery DeliveryLocation Address Floor 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-363 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-364 No room element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-365 No block name element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-366 No building name element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-367 No building number element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-368 No in-house mail element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-369 No department element in the delivery address