diff --git a/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReference.java b/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReference.java
index d38d95a..e55be49 100644
--- a/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReference.java
+++ b/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReference.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 @Data
 @NoArgsConstructor
@@ -34,11 +35,12 @@ public MaintainableArtefactReference(String id, String organisationId, String ve
     }
 
     public MaintainableArtefactReference(String urn) {
-        final UrnComponents urnComponents = SdmxUrn.getUrnComponents(urn);
+        final String trimmedUrn = StringUtils.trim(urn);
+        final UrnComponents urnComponents = SdmxUrn.getUrnComponents(trimmedUrn);
         this.organisationId = urnComponents.getAgency();
         this.id = urnComponents.getId();
         this.version = VersionReference.createFromString(urnComponents.getVersion());
-        this.structureClass = getType(urn);
+        this.structureClass = getType(trimmedUrn);
     }
 
     public MaintainableArtefactReference(ArtefactReference from) {
diff --git a/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/SdmxUrn.java b/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/SdmxUrn.java
index c9979dc..9da143a 100644
--- a/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/SdmxUrn.java
+++ b/sdmx30-infomodel/src/main/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/SdmxUrn.java
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ public static boolean isUrn(String candidate) {
     }
 
     public static UrnComponents getUrnComponents(String urn) {
-        final Matcher fullUrnMatcher = FULL_URN_PATTERN.matcher(urn);
+        final String trimmedUrn = StringUtils.trim(urn);
+        final Matcher fullUrnMatcher = FULL_URN_PATTERN.matcher(trimmedUrn);
         if (fullUrnMatcher.matches()) {
             return buildFromFullUrn(fullUrnMatcher);
         }
 
-        final Matcher shortUrnMatcher = SHORT_URN_PATTERN.matcher(urn);
+        final Matcher shortUrnMatcher = SHORT_URN_PATTERN.matcher(trimmedUrn);
         if (shortUrnMatcher.matches()) {
             return buildFromShortUrn(shortUrnMatcher);
         }
diff --git a/sdmx30-infomodel/src/test/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReferenceTest.java b/sdmx30-infomodel/src/test/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReferenceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03223ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdmx30-infomodel/src/test/java/com/epam/jsdmx/infomodel/sdmx30/MaintainableArtefactReferenceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.epam.jsdmx.infomodel.sdmx30;
+
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+class MaintainableArtefactReferenceTest {
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource
+    void shouldTrimUrnOnInit(String urn) {
+        var res = new MaintainableArtefactReference("\nurn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Codelist=EPM:CL(1.0)");
+        assertThat(res).isNotNull();
+    }
+
+    private static Stream<Arguments> shouldTrimUrnOnInit() {
+        return Stream.of(
+            Arguments.of("\nurn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Codelist=EPM:CL(1.0)"),
+            Arguments.of("\n urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Codelist=EPM:CL(1.0)"),
+            Arguments.of("\nurn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Codelist=EPM:CL(1.0) "),
+            Arguments.of("\n urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Codelist=EPM:CL(1.0) "),
+            Arguments.of("\n urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.codelist.Codelist=EPM:CL(1.0)\n ")
+        );
+    }
+
+}
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