What it means
This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a city subdivision element (cbc:CitySubdivisionName inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). This is a part of a city, such as a borough or neighbourhood. EN 16931 has the city (BT-77) and a country subdivision (BT-79), but no separate field for a part of a city. The check applies to invoices and credit notes.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a separate city subdivision element in the delivery address.
How to fix it
Check whether your invoicing software exports the delivery address borough or neighbourhood in a separate element. If you want to keep it, add it to an extra address line and keep only the city name in the city field. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:CitySubdivisionName from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and, if needed, move the text into cbc:AdditionalStreetName in the same address. If the street, city and postcode are enough, remove it. 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 CitySubdivisionName 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-373 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-374 No country subdivision code in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-375 No region element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-376 No district element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-377 No time zone offset element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-378 No country name element in the delivery address
- UBL-CR-379 No location coordinate block in the delivery address