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Warning

UBL-CR-409: The delivery should not contain shipment details

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-409 means the UBL file has a shipment block inside the delivery information (cac:Shipment), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove it and export again.

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What it means

The check looks at the delivery information (BG-13) of the invoice or credit note and warns when it contains cac:Delivery/cac:Shipment. In UBL this block describes the shipment itself, such as an identifier, weights or handling instructions. EN 16931 only has the name of the party delivered to (BT-70), the location identifier (BT-71), the actual delivery date (BT-72) and the delivery address (BG-15).

Why it matters

EN 16931 does not use a cac:Shipment block inside cac:Delivery. This warning concerns that block, not the supported delivery fields.

How to fix it

Delete cac:Shipment from cac:Delivery in your XML export. If the buyer needs a shipment or tracking number, put it in the invoice note (BT-22). Export the corrected file and check it again.

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 Shipment

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-409 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026