UBL-CR-410: The invoice should not contain delivery terms at document level

What it means

The check looks at the top level of the UBL document and warns when cac:DeliveryTerms sits directly under the invoice or credit note, outside the delivery information. In UBL these terms can say, for example, who carries the risk of loss during transport. EN 16931 has no field for them. UBL-CR-406 is the same check for delivery terms inside the delivery information.

Why it matters

The EN 16931 UBL mapping does not include cac:DeliveryTerms directly under the invoice or credit note root. This rule concerns that location, rather than delivery terms written as an invoice note.

How to fix it

Delete the cac:DeliveryTerms element that sits directly under the invoice or credit note root element. If the buyer needs the terms, write them as plain text in the invoice note (BT-22). Export the corrected file and check it again.

The rule as published

A UBL invoice should not include the DeliveryTerms

Where this rule applies