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Warning

UBL-CR-375: No region element in the delivery address

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-375 means the delivery address contains a region element (cbc:Region), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove the element and, if you want to give the region, write it 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 region element (cbc:Region inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). EN 16931 has one field for a region, state or province, the country subdivision (BT-79, cbc:CountrySubentity). The region element is a different element. The check applies to invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses cbc:CountrySubentity for the delivery address country subdivision, not cbc:Region.

How to fix it

In your invoicing software, check whether the delivery address region is exported as cbc:Region. Remove that element from the export. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:Region from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address and, if you want to keep the information, put the same text 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 Region

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-375 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026