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Warning

UBL-CR-621: A line should not carry an origin address

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-621 means a line contains cac:OriginAddress for the item, which EN 16931 does not use. Remove this address group. If you need to state the item's country of origin, use the separate country of origin field (BT-159).

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What it means

This rule checks that the item information on a line (BG-31) has no origin address group (cac:OriginAddress). The presence of the group triggers the warning even if its address fields are empty. The separate item country of origin (BT-159) uses a two-letter country code. The rule looks at every line of the invoice or credit note.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses the item country of origin (BT-159), not an origin address group in the item information.

How to fix it

Delete cac:OriginAddress from cac:Item on every affected invoice line or credit note line. If you need to record the item country of origin (BT-159), put its two-letter country code in cac:OriginCountry/cbc:IdentificationCode under cac:Item. Check the corrected file 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 InvoiceLine Item OriginAddress

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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Updated 6 November 2026