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UBL-CR-378: No country name element in the delivery address

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Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-378 means the delivery address contains a country name element (cac:Country/cbc:Name), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove the name element from the delivery address country, keeping its country code.

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What it means

This rule checks the delivery address (BG-15) and warns if the country has a name element (cac:Country/cbc:Name inside cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address). EN 16931 carries the country as a two-letter code (BT-80), such as DE, FR or NL, in cbc:IdentificationCode. This rule checks for the name element, regardless of whether the code is also present. The check applies to invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses cbc:IdentificationCode for the delivery address country, not a separate cbc:Name element.

How to fix it

Check whether your invoicing software exports a separate country name element in the delivery address, and remove that element from the export. If you build the XML yourself, delete cbc:Name from cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address/cac:Country. Keep the two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code in cbc:IdentificationCode. 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 Country Name

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-378 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026