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UBL-CR-383: Leave out the requested delivery period

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-383 means the invoice or credit note contains a requested delivery period (cac:RequestedDeliveryPeriod), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove it from cac:Delivery. Do not copy the requested dates into the delivery date (BT-72) or invoicing period (BG-14) unless they also describe the actual delivery or the period the invoice covers.

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What it means

This rule looks at the delivery information (cac:Delivery) of a UBL invoice or credit note and checks that it has no cac:RequestedDeliveryPeriod. That element holds the period in which the buyer asked for the goods or services to arrive. EN 16931 has no business term for it. The dates it does cover are the actual delivery date (BT-72) and the invoicing period (BG-14).

Why it matters

A requested period describes what the buyer asked for, not what was supplied. EN 16931 does not include that requested period in its delivery information.

How to fix it

Remove cac:RequestedDeliveryPeriod from cac:Delivery in your XML or export template. If you also need to record the actual delivery date (BT-72), use cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate. Use the invoicing period (BG-14) for the period the invoice covers, not merely to retain requested delivery dates. Recheck the exported 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 RequestedDeliveryPeriod

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-383 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026