Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule
UBL-CR-550
What does UBL-CR-550 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the InvoiceLine Delivery
Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-550?
EN 16931 defines a fixed set of information elements for a compliant invoice, and the UBL element InvoiceLine / Delivery is not part of that core model. This rule flags the element as not allowed so that invoices stay interoperable: receivers implementing only the EN 16931 semantic model would ignore or reject data placed there. Remove the Delivery element from the InvoiceLine structure rather than relying on it to convey information.
Official rule text
A UBL invoice should not include the InvoiceLine Delivery
Common causes
- Your UBL generator or ERP export maps internal fields to the full UBL 2.1 schema, which allows Delivery, but EN 16931 restricts the invoice to its core elements
- Reusing a UBL template from an order/despatch/receipt document flow where this element is normally populated
- Copying an example invoice from generic UBL documentation instead of an EN 16931 / Peppol BIS example
Related rules
UBL-CR-001 · UBL-CR-002 · UBL-CR-003 · UBL-CR-004 · UBL-CR-005 · UBL-CR-006 · UBL-CR-007 · UBL-CR-008
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