What it means
This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a department element (cbc:Department inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). It applies to invoices and credit notes. EN 16931 has no separate field for a department in a delivery address.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a separate department element in the delivery address.
How to fix it
In your invoicing software, check whether the delivery address department is exported in a separate element. If the department matters for delivery, add it to the street line or an extra address line, for example 'Goods In, Station Road 12'. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:Department from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and put the text into 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 Department 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-369 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- 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
- UBL-CR-374 No country subdivision code in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-375 No region element in the delivery address