D18A | EDIFACTORY

Message D18A/DOCARE

Response to an amendment of a documentary credit message

The Response to an Amendment of a Documentary Credit originated by the Beneficiary and sent to the parties involved in the documentary credit. It is issued to advise the acceptance or non acceptance of an amendment.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Response to an amendment of a documentary credit message is DOCARE. Note: Response to an amendment of a documentary credit messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 DOCARE 0052 D 0054 18A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment by means of which the sender must uniquely identify the DOCARE message using its type and number and when necessary its function.

RFF

M(2) : Reference

A segment identifying the number of the referenced documentary credit. It also indicates the number of the amendment. This number should be the latest in the series of all amendments made.

DTM

C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date and/or time the message is created.

SG1 M(5) : FII-RFF-CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the financial institutions and account numbers involved in the documentary credit, their functions and notification references.

FII

M(1) : Financial institution information

A segment identifying the financial institution(s) associated with the documentary credit, in coded or uncoded form, their functions and account numbers involved.

RFF

C(2) : Reference

A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified in the leading FII segment.

CTA

C(1) : Contact information

A segment identifying a person or a department for the party specified in the leading FII segment to whom communication should be directed.

COM

C(5) : Communication contact

A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA segment.

SG2 M(9) : NAD-RFF-CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the name and address of each non- financial party involved in the transaction, their functions and notification references.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment identifying names and addresses of the parties associated with the documentary credit, in coded or uncoded form, and their functions.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified in the leading NAD segment.

CTA

C(1) : Contact information

A segment identifying a person or a department for the party specified in the leading NAD segment to whom communication should be directed.

COM

C(5) : Communication contact

A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA segment.

SG3 C(1) : AUT-DTM

A group of segments specifying details of any authentication (validation) procedures applied to the DOCARE message.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
RFF, Reference                                M        2
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- M        5 -------+
FII, Financial institution information        M        1        |
RFF, Reference                                C        2        |
CTA, Contact information                      C        1        |
COM, Communication contact                    C        5        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- M        9 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
RFF, Reference                                C        1        |
CTA, Contact information                      C        1        |
COM, Communication contact                    C        5        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        1 -------+
AUT, Authentication result                    M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1