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UBL-CR-374: No country subdivision code in the delivery address

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Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-374 means the delivery address contains a country subdivision code element (cbc:CountrySubentityCode), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove the element and, if you want to give the region, write its name in cbc:CountrySubentity instead.

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What it means

This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a country subdivision code element (cbc:CountrySubentityCode inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). EN 16931 lets you give the region, state or province as plain text (BT-79, cbc:CountrySubentity), but does not use cbc:CountrySubentityCode for it. The check applies to invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses cbc:CountrySubentity for the delivery address country subdivision, not the separate cbc:CountrySubentityCode element.

How to fix it

Check whether your invoicing software exports cbc:CountrySubentityCode in the delivery address. Remove that element from the export. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:CountrySubentityCode from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and, if you want to keep the region, put its name in cbc:CountrySubentity in the same address. The region is optional in EN 16931, so you can also leave it out. 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 CountrySubentityCode

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
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-374 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026