What it means
This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a building number element (cbc:BuildingNumber inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). It applies to invoices and credit notes. In EN 16931 the house number is not a separate field. It can be written as part of the street line (BT-75). The rule does not specify whether the number comes before or after the street name.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a separate building number element in the delivery address.
How to fix it
Check how the delivery address is filled in your invoicing software. If you need to keep the house number, include it with the street name in the street field, following the address format you use. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:BuildingNumber from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and include the number in cbc:StreetName 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 BuildingNumber 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-367 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- 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
- UBL-CR-373 No city subdivision element in the delivery address