diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
index 20dfb43cbd..f5481ec274 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ export function isServerFormValue(obj: any): boolean {
     && obj.hasOwnProperty('value')
     && obj.hasOwnProperty('language')
     && obj.hasOwnProperty('authority')
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('confidence')
-    && obj.hasOwnProperty('place'))
+    && obj.hasOwnProperty('confidence'))
 }
 
 /**
  * Export a function to normalize sections object of the server response
  *
  * @param obj
+ * @param objIndex
  */
-export function normalizeSectionData(obj: any) {
+export function normalizeSectionData(obj: any, objIndex?: number) {
   let result: any = obj;
   if (isNotNull(obj)) {
     // If is an Instance of FormFieldMetadataValueObject normalize it
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ export function normalizeSectionData(obj: any) {
         obj.language,
         obj.authority,
         (obj.display || obj.value),
-        obj.place,
+        obj.place || objIndex,
         obj.confidence,
         obj.otherInformation
       );
     } else if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
       result = [];
       obj.forEach((item, index) => {
-        result[index] = normalizeSectionData(item);
+        result[index] = normalizeSectionData(item, index);
       });
     } else if (typeof obj === 'object') {
       result = Object.create({});
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
                     // If entry is not an array, for sure is not a section of type form
                     if (Array.isArray(entry)) {
                       normalizedSectionData[metdadataId] = [];
-                      entry.forEach((valueItem) => {
+                      entry.forEach((valueItem, index) => {
                         // Parse value and normalize it
-                        const normValue = normalizeSectionData(valueItem);
+                        const normValue = normalizeSectionData(valueItem, index);
                         if (isNotEmpty(normValue)) {
                           normalizedSectionData[metdadataId].push(normValue);
                         }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/tag/dynamic-tag.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/tag/dynamic-tag.component.ts
index d61134347a..a44a20d4bd 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/tag/dynamic-tag.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/tag/dynamic-tag.component.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export class DsDynamicTagComponent extends DynamicFormControlComponent implement
   }
 
   private addTagsToChips() {
-    if (!this.hasAuthority || !this.model.authorityOptions.closed) {
+    if (hasValue(this.currentValue) && (!this.hasAuthority || !this.model.authorityOptions.closed)) {
       let res: string[] = [];
       res = this.currentValue.split(',');