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Warning

UBL-CR-624: Item dimensions do not belong on an invoice line

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-624 means an invoice or credit note line has item dimensions in a cac:Dimension block inside cac:Item, which EN 16931 does not use. Remove the block and, if the buyer needs the measurements, put them in the item description or an item attribute instead.

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What it means

Each invoice line, or credit note line, describes an item. The rule checks that the item has no cac:Dimension block. That block holds measurements such as length, width, height, weight or volume. EN 16931 has no business term for them, so a UBL file that follows it leaves them out.

Why it matters

EN 16931 does not use a separate dimensions block in a line's structured item information.

How to fix it

Remove cac:Dimension from cac:Item in each affected cac:InvoiceLine or cac:CreditNoteLine. If you need to keep the measurements, write them in the item description (BT-154) or add them as an item attribute (BG-32). Export the corrected file and recheck it.

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 Dimension

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-624 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026