Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-346

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-346 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery ActualDeliveryTime

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-346?

The invoice should not contain the ActualDeliveryTime element on the Delivery structure (cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryTime). EN 16931 records only the actual delivery date (BT-72, cbc:ActualDeliveryDate); a time-of-day component is outside the core model.

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery ActualDeliveryTime

Common causes

A datetime value from the source system is split into date and time elements instead of emitting the date only
Logistics data with timestamps is mapped directly into the invoice

How do I fix it?

<cac:Delivery>
  <cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>2026-07-01</cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>
</cac:Delivery>
<!-- keep only the date (BT-72); drop <cbc:ActualDeliveryTime> -->

Check your invoice against this rule

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