NL-R-004:When both supplier and customer are Dutch, the customer address must include...
Fix: This requires user input to resolve. Review the relevant cbc: and cac: elements in your Invoice XML and provide the correct value. (NL-R-004). Provide the required value in the free validator.
When both supplier and customer are Dutch, the customer address must include street name, city, and postal code.
Engine Classification
Business data required · Explicit input workflow · No assumptions made
Required input: Buyer Street Name, Buyer City, Buyer Postal Code
What is NL-R-004?
NL-R-004 is a fatal validation rule defined in the NLCIUS (Netherlands) specification (NLD national rules).
When this rule fires, the invoice is rejected by Peppol access points and never reaches the buyer.
Why This Error Matters
Invoice will be rejected by Dutch validation. Domestic invoices require complete buyer address.
NL-R-004 is a hard failure — the invoice must be corrected and re-sent before it can reach the recipient.
Validator Behavior
- ·Causes invoice rejection
- ·Error returned: NL-R-004
- ·Specification: NLCIUS (Netherlands)
How to Fix It
Identify the missing data
When both supplier and customer are Dutch, the customer address must include street name, city, and postal code.
Provide the required value
This requires user input to resolve. Review the relevant cbc: and cac: elements in your Invoice XML and provide the correct value. (NL-R-004).
Re-validate your invoice
Upload the corrected invoice to confirm NL-R-004 is resolved.
Before / After
<Invoice> <!-- Issue: When both supplier and customer are Dutch, the customer addr --> </Invoice>
<Invoice> <!-- Issue resolved per NLCIUS (Netherlands) --> </Invoice>
Technical Reference
Common Causes
- ·Buyer address incomplete for domestic invoice
- ·Street name missing from buyer address
- ·City or postal code not provided
- ·Customer master data incomplete
- ·Address fields not mapped for buyer
Seeing this in production? The API handles NL-R-004 automatically. See the fix response →
Frequently Asked Questions
When both supplier and customer are Dutch, the customer address must include street name, city, and postal code.
This requires user input to resolve. Review the relevant cbc: and cac: elements in your Invoice XML and provide the correct value. (NL-R-004). You can also use Invoice Navigator's compliance engine to correct this automatically in your pipeline.
Yes, NL-R-004 is a critical error that will cause invoice rejection. It must be fixed before submission.
Many instances of NL-R-004 can be automatically corrected using Invoice Navigator's compliance engine. The fix is applied in your pipeline with full audit evidence.
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Last updated: 14 April 2026
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