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UBL-CR-376: No district element in the delivery address

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-376 means the delivery address contains a district element (cbc:District), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove the element, or write the district into an address line if the buyer needs it.

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What it means

This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if it contains a district element (cbc:District inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). EN 16931 has no separate district element. It has street lines, city, postcode, country subdivision and country. The check applies to invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 does not use a separate district element in the delivery address.

How to fix it

Check whether your invoicing software exports the delivery address district in a separate element. If you want to keep it, add it to an extra address line. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:District 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 District

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-376 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026