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Warning

UBL-CR-567: The item on a line should not carry additional information

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-567 means the item on an invoice or credit note line contains an additional information element (cbc:AdditionalInformation), which EN 16931 does not use. It is a warning. Move the text to the item description or the line note.

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What it means

The item on every invoice or credit note line should not contain a cbc:AdditionalInformation element. In UBL this is free text with extra details about the item. EN 16931 has no business term for it.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses the item description or line note for descriptive text, rather than this additional information element.

How to fix it

In your invoicing software, find where the extra text about the product is entered and make sure it ends up in the item description or the line note. If that is not possible, remove the text from the export. If you build the XML yourself, move the text into cbc:Description in cac:Item or into cbc:Note on the line, and delete cbc:AdditionalInformation.

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 InvoiceLine Item AdditionalInformation

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.

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Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-567 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026