What it means
This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a building name element (cbc:BuildingName inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). It covers invoices and credit notes. EN 16931 carries the address as street lines, city, postcode, country subdivision and country, with no separate field for a building name.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a separate building name element in the delivery address.
How to fix it
In your invoicing software, check whether the building name is exported in a separate delivery address element. Add it to the street line or an extra address line if you need to keep it, for example 'Harbour House, Quay Street 4'. If you build the XML yourself, remove cbc:BuildingName from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and put the name into 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 BuildingName 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-366 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- 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
- UBL-CR-370 No 'for the attention of' element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-371 No 'care of' element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-372 No plot identification element in the delivery address