What it means
This rule checks that no line of the invoice or credit note has a cac:DeliveryTerms block. In UBL that block holds delivery conditions for a single line, such as an Incoterm or special terms. EN 16931 only has delivery information for the whole invoice, such as the delivery date (BT-72), the location and the address. It has no field for delivery terms.
Why it matters
EN 16931 does not use a cac:DeliveryTerms block on an invoice or credit note line.
How to fix it
Take the delivery terms off the line. If the buyer needs them, put them in text instead: the line note (BT-127), the item description or the invoice note. The delivery date and delivery address belong in the delivery details of the whole invoice. If you build the XML yourself, delete cac:DeliveryTerms from the line.
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 DeliveryTerms 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 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-645 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- UBL-CR-646 Lines should not contain SubInvoiceLine blocks
- UBL-CR-647 Lines should not use an item price extension
- UBL-CR-648 The specification identifier should have no scheme attribute
- UBL-CR-649 The business process identifier should have no scheme attribute
- UBL-CR-650 The invoice number must have no scheme attribute
- UBL-CR-651 A top-level SalesOrderID should have no scheme attribute