NL-R-006:When a Dutch supplier uses a tax representative in the Netherlands, the...
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-006). Provide the required value in the free validator.
When a Dutch supplier uses a tax representative in the Netherlands, the representative's address must include street name, city, and postal code.
Engine Classification
Business data required · Explicit input workflow · No assumptions made
Required input: Representative Street Name, Representative City, Representative Postal Code
What is NL-R-006?
NL-R-006 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. Dutch tax representative requires complete address.
NL-R-006 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-006
- ·Specification: NLCIUS (Netherlands)
How to Fix It
Identify the missing data
When a Dutch supplier uses a tax representative in the Netherlands, the representative's 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-006).
Re-validate your invoice
Upload the corrected invoice to confirm NL-R-006 is resolved.
Before / After
<Invoice> <!-- Issue: When a Dutch supplier uses a tax representative in the Nethe --> </Invoice>
<Invoice> <!-- Issue resolved per NLCIUS (Netherlands) --> </Invoice>
Technical Reference
Common Causes
- ·Tax rep address incomplete
- ·Street name missing for tax representative
- ·City or postal code not provided
- ·Tax rep data partially populated
- ·Address fields not mapped for tax rep
Seeing this in production? The API handles NL-R-006 automatically. See the fix response →
Frequently Asked Questions
When a Dutch supplier uses a tax representative in the Netherlands, the representative's 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-006). You can also use Invoice Navigator's compliance engine to correct this automatically in your pipeline.
Yes, NL-R-006 is a critical error that will cause invoice rejection. It must be fixed before submission.
Many instances of NL-R-006 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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