How do I fix UBL-CR-342?

2026-07-01 7300010000001 directly under Delivery -->

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-342

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-342 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery ID

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-342?

The invoice should not contain the ID element on the Delivery structure (cac:Delivery/cbc:ID). The EN 16931 delivery group (BG-13) carries only the deliver-to party name, location identifier, address and actual delivery date; a delivery ID at this level has no corresponding business term. Note the delivery location identifier (BT-71) goes in cac:DeliveryLocation/cbc:ID, not directly on Delivery.

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery ID

Common causes

A delivery note or shipment number is mapped to cac:Delivery/cbc:ID instead of a document reference (BT-16, cac:DespatchDocumentReference)
The location identifier is placed on Delivery instead of cac:DeliveryLocation/cbc:ID (BT-71)

How do I fix it?

<cac:Delivery>
  <cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>2026-07-01</cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>
  <cac:DeliveryLocation>
    <cbc:ID schemeID="0088">7300010000001</cbc:ID>
  </cac:DeliveryLocation>
</cac:Delivery>
<!-- location id belongs on DeliveryLocation, not <cbc:ID> directly under Delivery -->

Check your invoice against this rule

Paste it into the live demo, or call POST /v1/validate. See the quickstart.