D98A | EDIFACTORY

Messages of standard D98A

Following a list of all messages defined in the standard release D98A.

Message	Description
APERAK	Application error and acknowledgement message The function of this message is: a) to inform a message issuer that his message has been received by the addressee's application and has been rejected due to errors encountered during its processing in the application. b) to acknowledge to a message issuer the receipt of his message by the addressee's application.
AUTHOR	Authorization message An Authorization Message is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) or by a third party having authority on the Ordering Customer's payments to the Ordered Bank, to authorize the Ordered Bank to execute a given financial transaction. This financial transaction might relate to both multiple messages like PAYMUL and DIRDEB, and single instruction messages like PAYORD and PAYEXT. An Authorization Message could also be sent from the Ordered Bank to the Ordering Customer or its Authorization Authority to request authorization for a given financial transaction. Throughout this document the term 'Original Message' refers to the message to be authorized.
BALANC	Balance message A message used to exchange entreprise related balances between the enterprise and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, financial analysis, etc.
BANSTA	Banking status message A BANSTA message is sent by a financial institution to its customer and/or vice versa and among financial institutions. It is used for all kind of enquiries, answers and status information at application level.
BAPLIE	Bayplan/stowage plan occupied and empty locations message A message to transmit information about equipment and goods on a means of transport, including their location on the means of transport. The message can be exchanged between (liner's) agents, tonnage centers, stevedores and ships masters/operators (see section 1.3 for more details).
BAPLTE	Bayplan/stowage plan total numbers message A message to transmit information about the total numbers of equipment and quantity of goods on a means of transport. The message can be exchanged between (liner's) agents, tonnage centers, stevedores and ships masters/operators (see section 1.3 for more details).
BOPBNK	Bank transactions and portfolio transactions report message The message could be sent by banks to BOP compiler for reporting of the banks' own transactions, aggregated individual customer transactions and portfolio transactions. The message could also be used for reporting the assets and liabilities positions of the banks.
BOPCUS	Balance of payment customer transaction report message Message sent by banks to the Balance of payment (BOP) compiler for reporting - one by one - individual customer transactions (debit and credit) processed during a specific time period. Actually, this transaction information can be distilled - one by one- from PAYORD / PAYMUL / PAYEXT and BOPINF messages respectively.
BOPDIR	Direct balance of payment declaration message The message can be sent by non-bank residents to report directly to the Balance of Payments (BOP) compiler on: . transactions via bank accounts held at a resident bank . transactions via bank accounts held at a non-resident bank . transactions and clearing via accounts with non-bank non-residents . foreign assets and liabilities . information in the context of a BOP-related survey (stocks and flows); for those countries which base their compilation of the BOP on surveys.
BOPINF	Balance of payment information from customer message Message sent by a payee to its bank on receipt of one specified amount as a settlement of a transaction with a non-resident. The Balance of Payment (BOP) compiler has to be informed of the transaction via the payee's bank.
CALINF	Vessel call information message Notice from a liner agent to a stevedore providing information concerning the expected arrival of a vessel and the expected cargo operations. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
CASINT	Request for legal administration action in civil proceedings message A request for lodgement of data to commence or enforce a civil proceeding.
CASRES	Legal administration response in civil proceedings message A legal response (CASRES) to a request for lodgement of data to commence or enforce a civil proceeding.
CHACCO	Chart of accounts message This message deals with the communication of charts of accounts between an organization and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, financial analysis, etc.
COARRI	Container discharge/loading report message A message by which the container terminal reports that the containers specified have been discharged from a seagoing vessel (discharged as ordered, overlanded or shortlanded), or have been loaded into a seagoing vessel. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
CODECO	Container gate-in/gate-out report message A message by which a terminal, depot, etc. confirms that the containers specified have been delivered or picked up by the inland carrier (road, rail or barge). This message can also be used to report internal terminal container movements (excluding loading and discharging the vessel) and to report the change in status of container(s) without those containers having physically been moved. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
CODENO	Permit expiration/clearance ready notice message Notice specifying the cargo for which either the validity of the permits/Customs documents expires at short notice or for which regulatory Customs clearance has taken place. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COEDOR	Container stock report message A message to report containers that are in stock of the sending party (i.e., a terminal, depot or container freight station). This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COHAOR	Container special handling order message Order to perform a specified special handling and/or service on containers. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COLREQ	Request for a documentary collection message The message is sent by the Principal to the Remitting Bank and is used to request the Remitting Bank to initiate a Documentary Collection order, or to inform the Remitting Bank that the Principal has initiated a direct documentary collection order.
COMDIS	Commercial dispute message A notice of commercial dispute against one or more invoices is usually raised by the buyer to notify the seller that something was found wrong with the goods delivered or the services rendered (goods damaged, delivery incomplete, delivery late, etc.). The dispute must be resolved before the related invoice can be settled. The message will be used to: - notify a dispute; - correspond about an existing dispute (structured information); - notify the settlement of a dispute. The message will serve at the same time as the dispute notice and as the dispute answer. Throughout this document, the term 'Buyer' refers to either the buyer or an Agent acting on behalf of the Buyer, and the term 'Seller' refers either to the seller or an Agent acting on behalf of the Seller.
CONAPW	Advice on pending works message Typically, this message is to enable a contractor who intends to start works to advise public authorities and water, gas, telephone, electricity ... distributors of his intention and to request them to send back plans or information under any form concerning existing networks.
CONDPV	Direct payment valuation message This message is the instruction by the contractor to the party responsible for payments, to pay the subcontractors for work completed.
CONDRA	Drawing administration message The message will be used for the administration of each exchange of a set of engineering/CAD files. It will give additional information about the files; for example, their nature, a list of their contents and technical information necessary to interpret them. The whole process of exchanging engineering or CAD (Computer Aided Design) files between different parties within projects will be supported by EDIFACT messages. The message CONDRA is one of these messages.
CONDRO	Drawing organisation message The message CONDRO is intended to describe the general (project) organisation and structure, valid for a whole project or environment. The whole process of exchanging engineering or CAD (Computer Aided Design) files between different parties within one project will be supported by EDIFACT messages. The message CONDRO is one of these messages.
CONEST	Establishment of contract message Upon completion of the tendering process, there is a requirement for the client or his representative to formally establish and issue the contractual Bill of Quantities. This documentation becomes the contractual basis for all future work and payment for the project.
CONITT	Invitation to tender message At the pre-construction stage of a construction project, the Client will wish to appoint a contractor to execute the works. The first step in this appointment process is to issue an invitation to tender (ITT) to contractors this will require a commercial offer to be made by the contractor to the client.
CONPVA	Payment valuation message Typically this message will be used between a contractor and the client's representative, during the process of approving the value and payment for work completed for a given period of time.
CONQVA	Quantity valuation message Typically, this message will be used for a contractor to submit progress details to a client or his representative. The message will be used also for subsets of the project where work has been contracted out to other parties. In these cases the exchange would be between the subcontractor and the party that subcontracted the work.
CONRPW	Response of pending works message This message is a reply to a CONAPW message and enables service providers to respond to a contractor giving details of any services and networks in the location where construction work is to be undertaken.
CONTEN	Tender message Following the receipt of an invitation to tender (ITT) , a Main Contractor or subcontractor will submit a tender which is a commercial offer to execute the project work defined in the Bill of Quantities (BoQ) within the ITT.
CONWQD	Work item quantity determination message Typically this message will be used between a contractor and the client's representative or other partners within the construction process, for justifying the work item quantities given in messages that describe the work items or their progress valuations.
COPARN	Container announcement message The message contains an order to release, to make available, to accept or to call down containers or to announce the impending arrival of containers. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'. The order may pertain to cargo related containers (full container load and less than container load), the arrangement of empty containers prior to loading and after stripping, as well as the arrangements for leasing the empty containers (on-hire and off-hire of containers).
COPINO	Container pre-notification message A message by which an inland carrier notifies of the delivery or pick-up of containers. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COPRAR	Container discharge/loading order message A message to order to the container terminal that the containers specified have to be discharged from a seagoing vessel or have to be loaded into a seagoing vessel. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COREOR	Container release order message Order to release containers, and giving permission for them to be picked up by or on behalf of a specified party. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COSTCO	Container stuffing/stripping confirmation message Confirmation that specified goods/consignments have been stuffed into or stripped from LCL-containers. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
COSTOR	Container stuffing/stripping order message Order that specified goods/consignments are to be stuffed into (already or still to be delivered) or stripped from LCL-containers. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
CREADV	Credit advice message A Credit Advice is sent by the Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner to inform the Account Owner that its account has been or will be credited for a specified amount on the date indicated, in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s).
CREEXT	Extended credit advice message An Extended Credit Advice is sent by the Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner to inform the Account Owner that its account has been or will be credited for a specified amount on the date indicated, in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s), and to provide to the Payee full details of the transactions to which the Extended Credit Advice relates.
CREMUL	Multiple credit advice message A Multiple Credit Advice message is sent by an Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner or to a third party, which has agreed bilaterally in advance, that its account (s) has been or will be credited for specified amount (s) on the date (s) indicated, in settlement of the referenced business transaction (s).
CUSCAR	Customs cargo report message This message permits the transfer of data from a carrier to a Customs administration for the purpose of meeting Customs cargo reporting requirements.
CUSDEC	Customs declaration message This Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a customs administration for the purpose of meeting legislative and/or operational requirements in respect of the declaration of goods for import, export or transit. The message may also be used, for example : - to transmit data from an exporter in one country to an importer in another country; - to transmit consignment data from one customs administration to another; - to transmit data from a customs authority to other governments agencies and/or interested administrations. - to transmit data from a declarant to the appropriate data collection agency on the movement of goods between statistical territories.
CUSEXP	Customs express consignment declaration message This message permits the transfer of express consignment data to a Customs Administration for the purpose of combining all three types of Customs reporting (conveyance report, cargo report and Customs Declaration) within a single message.
CUSPED	Periodic customs declaration message This Periodic Customs Declaration Message (CUSPED) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a customs administration for the purpose of meeting legislative and/or operational requirements in respect of the periodic declaration of goods for import or export. The message may also be used, for example : - to transmit consignment data from one customs administration to another; - to transmit data from a customs authority to other governments agencies and/or interested administrations; - to transmit data from a declarant to the appropriate data collection agency on the movement of goods between statistical territories.
CUSREP	Customs conveyance report message This Customs Conveyance Report Message (CUSREP) permits the transfer of data from a carrier to a Customs administration for the purpose of meeting Customs reporting requirements in respect of the means of transport on which cargo is carried.
CUSRES	Customs response message This Customs Response Message (CUSRES) permits the transfer of data from a customs administration: - to acknowledge the receipt of the message - to indicate whether the information received is correct or if there are errors (i.e. accepted without errors, accepted with errors, rejected, etc.) - to inform the sender of the status of the customs declaration (i.e. goods released, goods for examination, documents required, etc.) - to transmit additional information as agreed between parties (i.e. tax information, quantity information, etc.) - to respond to batched messages (i.e. CUSDEC, CUSCAR, CUSREP, CUSEXP). Note: this message is not meant to replace the functionality of the CONTRL message.
DEBADV	Debit advice message A Debit Advice is sent by the Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner to inform the Account Owner that its account has been or will be debited for a specified amount on the date indicated, in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s).
DEBMUL	Multiple debit advice message A DEBMUL message is sent by an Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner or to a third party, which has agreed bilaterally in advance, that its account (s) has been or will be debited for specified amount (s) on the date (s) indicated, in settlement of the referenced business transaction (s).
DELFOR	Delivery schedule message WARNING! This version of the DELFOR is not upward compatible with versions prior to D96B. DELFOR is a message which is sent from a party who is planning the use or consumption of products to a party who has to plan for the supply of the products. The message gives the requirements regarding details for short term delivery and/or medium to long scheduling for products. The scheduling can be used to authorize manufacturing and or the provision of materials. This is based on the terms and conditions defined in a purchase order or contract.
DELJIT	Delivery just in time message A message provides the ability for a customer to convey precise delivery sequence and Just In Time schedule requirements to a supplier, and is intended to supplement the Delivery Schedule Message (DELFOR).
DESADV	Despatch advice message A message specifying details for goods despatched or ready for despatch under agreed conditions. The United Nations Despatch Advice Message serves both as a specification for Delivery Despatch Advice and also as a Returns Despatch Advice message. Throughout this document, the reference to 'Despatch Advice' may be interpreted as conveying the wider meaning of 'Delivery Despatch Advice/Returns Despatch Advice'.
DESTIM	Equipment damage and repair estimate message A message for use by the container repair, shipping and leasing industry. It may be used by a container equipment repair depot to send an owner or user a description of damages to the equipment, as an estimate of the repair actions and costs needed to rectify such damages. A recipient owner may forward the estimate to a lessee. The message may also be used by an owner or lessee as an authorization message to the repair depot to perform the repairs indicated in the estimate, and as an acknowledgment of his willingness to pay for those repairs indicated in the estimate for his account.
DGRECA	Dangerous goods recapitulation message A message to specify recapitulations pertaining to the dangerous goods on board of a means of transport, e.g. a vessel.
DIRDEB	Direct debit message Prior to the Direct Debit procedure, some agreement(s) would usually have been concluded : - agreement between the Creditor and his Bank (mainly to specify the conditions of credit and the kind of direct debit). - agreement between the Debtor and the Debtor's Bank (i.e. pre-authorization and condition of debit), or between the Creditor and the Debtor. A Direct Debit is sent by the Creditor to the Creditor's Bank instructing it to claim specified amount(s) from the Debtor(s) and to credit the amount(s) to an account specified in the message, which the Creditor's Bank services for the Creditor in settlement of the referenced transaction(s). Throughout this document the term 'Creditor' refers to either a Beneficiary or a Payee, likewise the term 'Debtor' refers to either an Ordering Customer or a Payor. The term 'Bank' may be interpreted as any financial institution. The term 'pre-authorization' refers to an agreement between a Creditor and a Debtor for - either automatic debiting, as required, - or for debiting unless rejected by the debtor in a period of time. The agreement can also be made between the debtor and his bank, independently of the amount of the DIRDEB.
DIRDEF	Directory definition message This Directory definition message (DIRDEF) permits the transfer of the contents of a UN/EDIFACT or American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Directory set or parts thereof.
DOCADV	Documentary credit advice message The Documentary Credit Advice message is used to indicate to the Beneficiary the terms and conditions of a documentary credit that has been originated by the Issuing Bank and received by the Advising Bank (or an Intermediary Advising Bank).
DOCAMA	Advice of an amendment of a documentary credit message The Advice of an Amendment of a Documentary Credit message is originated by the Advising Bank, or Intermediary Advising Bank, and sent to the Beneficiary. It is used to inform the Beneficiary of the terms and conditions of an amendment to a documentary credit requested by the Applicant.
DOCAMI	Documentary credit amendment information message The Documentary Credit Amendment Information message is used to indicate the terms and conditions of an amended documentary credit from the Issuing Bank to the Applicant and/or Applicant's Bank.
DOCAMR	Request for an amendment of a documentary credit message The Request for an Amendment of a Documentary Credit originated by the Applicant, or Applicant's Bank, and sent to the Issuing Bank. It is issued to request the Issuing Bank to amend the terms and conditions of an issued Documentary Credit or to cancel the Documentary Credit.
DOCAPP	Documentary credit application message A message from a party requesting the issuance of a documentary credit to the party providing such a service. In this message, the conditions under which the sender of the message requires the documentary credit to be issued are given.
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.
DOCINF	Documentary credit issuance information message The Documentary Credit Issuance Information message is used to indicate the terms and conditions of an issued documentary credit from the Issuing Bank to the Applicant and/or the Applicant's Bank.
ENTREC	Accounting entries message A message used to exchange accounting entries between an enterprise and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, financial analysis, etc.
FINCAN	Financial cancellation message A Financial Cancellation Message is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer)or by a third party having authority on the Ordering Customer's payments to the Ordered Bank to request cancellation of a given financial message or transaction. Throughout this document: - The term 'Original Message' refers to the message to be cancelled (in full or part thereof); the term 'originator' refers to the sender of the original message.
FINPAY	Multiple interbank funds transfer message A Multiple Interbank Funds Transfer message is sent between financial institutions to request the transfer of funds in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s). The FINPAY message may be exchanged directly between financial institutions or through a clearing system. Depending on the account relationship between the financial institutions, the FINPAY may be used as a payment order and/or as a credit advice. The FINPAY may also be used for collections, documentary credits, direct debits and other financial institution related transfers.
FINSTA	Financial statement of an account message This message can be used to cater for various communication functions between financial institutions and their customers. The most frequent function is to provide a statement of booked items confirming entries on a customer's account. The message type may contain several accounts (quoted in the B-level).
GENRAL	General purpose message A message to enable the transmission of textual information.
GESMES	Generic statistical message The compilation of statistics is a continuous chain starting with raw data collection, followed by a number of harmonization and aggregation processes leading to aggregated statistical data. Raw data collection is realized by means of surveys, sampling, direct reporting from individuals, economic operators. Harmonization and aggregation processes are very often handled by statistical bodies or authorized economic operators in case of direct reporting. A Generic Statistical Message (GESMES) is used by an organisation involved in this elaboration process to transmit a statistical data set. It permits the transmission of the following, either in the same and/or different messages: -the statistical concepts comprising the data set and their structure -if required, all related information ( code sets, labels, methodological notes, footnotes, etc.), -the statistical figures of the data set. This message could be used by producers and users of statistical information such as: National Statistical Offices, ministries, private and public administrations, private companies etc.
HANMOV	Cargo/goods handling and movement message A message from a party to a warehouse/distribution centre identifying the handling services and where required the movement of specified goods, limited to warehouses within the jurisdiction of the distribution centre.
IFCSUM	Forwarding and consolidation summary message A message to be used for consolidation purposes from a party arranging forwarding and transport services to the party for which the transport of the consolidated cargo is destined. The message can be used to exchange information concerning the consolidated cargo between forwarders, carriers and agents enabling those parties to handle the consignments included in this consolidation. In addition it can be used for a collection of consignments originating from one shipper for forwarding and transport services.
IFTCCA	Forwarding and transport shipment charge calculation message The function of this message is to request the calculation of the transport charges of a specific shipment and to answer to such a request.
IFTDGN	Dangerous goods notification message The International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Goods Notification message is a message from the party responsible to declare the dangerous goods (e.g. carrier's agent, freight forwarder) to the party acting on behalf of the local authority performing the checks on conformance with the legal requirements on the control of dangerous goods, normally Port Authority, conveying the information relating to one conveyance/voyage of a means of transport such as a vessel, train, truck or barge, on the dangerous goods being loaded, unloaded, and/or in transit.
IFTFCC	International transport freight costs and other charges message A message specifying freight, handling and transport costs and other related charges between transport service providers and their customers.
IFTIAG	Dangerous cargo list message The International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Cargo List Message is a message: - from the party acting on behalf of the carrier for the gathering of the dangerous goods information of the cargo in a certain port or place of call or loading, - to the party acting on behalf of the carrier in the next port or place of call or discharge, conveying the information relating to one conveyance or voyage of a means of transport such as a vessel, train, truck or barge, on the dangerous goods being carried on board - irrespective of the operations that will take place in the next port of call. This message provides the basic information by which the message recipient can notify to the local authorities about the loading, unloading and transit-related operations, by means of the International forwarding and transport dangerous goods notification message (IFTDGN).
IFTMAN	Arrival notice message A message from the party providing forwarding and/or transport services to the party such as has been indicated in the contract, giving notice and details of the arrival of the consignment.
IFTMBC	Booking confirmation message A message from the party providing forwarding and/or transport services to the party booking those services giving the confirmation information to the booking of the consignment concerned. A confirmation might read that the booking of a consignment is accepted, pending, conditionally accepted or rejected. The conditions under which requested services take place may be given in this message. This message can also be used between vessel operators, vessel sharing partners and cargo receiving and handling facilities such as marine terminals, inland receiving depots, rail ramps and truck terminals to confirm cargo particulars and equipment requirements of the transport provider to the service provider responsible for dispatching empty equipment and receiving the cargo.
IFTMBF	Firm booking message A message from a party definitely booking forwarding and/or transport services for a consignment to the party providing those services. The message will contain the conditions under which the sender of the messages requires the services to take place.
IFTMBP	Provisional booking message A message from a party requesting space and/or giving brief details of a planned consignment for forwarding and/or transport services to the party providing those services. In this message, the conditions under which the planned transport should take place can be given.
IFTMCS	Instruction contract status message A message from the party providing the transport/forwarding services to the party that issued the instructions for those services stating the actual details, terms and conditions (charges when applicable) of the service and of the consignment involved. In addition it can be used for the exchange of contract information between carriers mutually.
IFTMIN	Instruction message A message from the party issuing an instruction regarding forwarding/transport services for a consignment under conditions agreed, to the party arranging the forwarding and/or transport services.
IFTRIN	Forwarding and transport rate information message The function of this message is to request transport rate information and to answer to such a request.
IFTSAI	Forwarding and transport schedule and availability information message The function of this message is to request transport schedule or availability information and to answer to such a request.
IFTSTA	International multimodal status report message A message to report the transport status and/or a change in the transport status (i.e. event) between agreed parties.
IFTSTQ	International multimodal status request message A message to request an International multimodal status report message (IFTSTA) in order to provide details relating to transport status and/or a change in the transport status between agreed parties.
INFENT	Enterprise accounting information message A message used to exchange enterprise related accounting information between enterprises, public or private bodies and whoever may use it for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, reporting, financial analysis, administrations, etc.
INSDES	Instruction to despatch message A message from a party to another party who has control over ordered goods, providing instructions to put on hold or to despatch a consignment according to conditions specified in the message.
INSPRE	Insurance premium message The Insurance Premium message is used by communicating parties to notify the recipient about premiums due from a client. All information needed to produce a detailed request for payment can be sent.
INVOIC	Invoice message A message claiming payment for goods or services supplied under conditions agreed between the seller and the buyer. The United Nations Standard Invoice Message, with correct data qualification, serves also as the specification for Debit Note and Credit Note messages. Throughout this document, the reference to 'Invoice' may be interpreted as conveying the wider meaning of 'Invoice/Credit Note/Debit Note'.
INVRPT	Inventory report message A message specifying information relating to held inventories. The Inventory report message is intended to be used in either direction between trading partners.
ITRRPT	In transit report detail message A message specifying to a delivery party, the details of goods within grouped consignments despatched by the delivering party. This message is used in a multi-step transportation process involving only consignors, grouping centres and consignees. A grouping centre (consolidation point) is a logistic point where goods are moved from one means of transport to another, to optimize transport cost. This message is not to be used to identify additional services related to the despatched goods (warehousing, packaging, etc.) which may provided by the third party at the same location along with the Grouping service.
JAPRES	Job application result message A message specifying decisions of an employer related to job applications and interviews and employment or rejections and, when necessary, reasons for the decisions or rejections. The message is transmitted from an employer or employment agency to an employment agency.
JINFDE	Job information demand message A message sent by a governmental agency to an employer in response to a work grant request. This message asks for specific additional information (e.g. visa) for further processing of the work grant request.
JOBAPP	Job application proposal message A message specifying detailed information of proposals for one or more job applicants from an employment agency to an employer. The detailed information is related to profession, occupation, age, education, experiences, salaries, other benefits, requested location of the job, work and contract conditions.
JOBCON	Job order confirmation message The message intent is to confirm the receipt of information of a Job Order Message related to a vacancy or vacancies. The message is transmitted from an employment agency to an employer. The information is related to age, sex, profession, salaries, experiences, education, work and contract conditions.
JOBMOD	Job order modification message A message specifying modifications of a previously sent Job Order Message of one or more offered jobs or vacancies in an enterprise or organization. The Job Order Modification Message is transmitted from an employer or employment agency to an employment office. The information and the changes detailed in the message are related to profession, experiences, salaries, education, work and contract conditions.
JOBOFF	Job order message A message specifying details for one or more vacancies (occupation, salaries, experiences, work and contract conditions) for an employer to the employment agency.
LREACT	Life reinsurance activity message The LREACT message is used by companies to exchange insured and policy coverage detail for reinsurance purposes. The message will be used for both ceded and assumed reinsurance. The trading partners utilizing the Life reinsurance activity message will be direct companies, reinsurance companies, reinsurance intermediaries and retrocessionaires. The message will be used to transmit data required by ceding and assuming companies to maintain the records on reinsured cessions. This data supports the reinsurer's ability to appropriately account for, manage, study, value (reserve) and complete their financial reporting. It also facilitates the reconciliation of the reinsurance records in order to maintain the integrity of the data between the trading partners.
MEDPID	Person identification message The message is used to pass detailed information on persons from, for instance, health insurance agencies to local government in order to verify, add, change or delete person related data in information systems. The message may also be used to transfer person information between various application systems within one organisation (i.e hospital). Usually detailed person related information for one or more persons is sent from one organisation to another who will acknowledge the message that is sent and proceed with changing, adding or deleting person data in their own files or use the transferred information to check their own registers and send a verification message back.
MEDREQ	Medical service request message A Medical Service Request message is sent from a service requester to the service provider to order investigations, to modify a previous order or ordered investigation or to cancel a previous order.
MEDRPT	Medical service report message A Medical Service Report message is sent from a service provider to the service requester to report new results on performed investigations, to modify a previous result item or a complete result report or to cancel a previous result report.
MEDRUC	Medical resource usage and cost message The MEDRUC message is sent from a party providing medical and related administrative services to a funding institution, allowing evaluation of the medical activity and justification for reimbursement. It can also be sent from a funding institution to another party in order to advise which reimbursements have been made. The MEDRUC message can carry either initial specifications of used resources and costs, or modifications to specifications given in a previous message. Typically, the MEDRUC message can be used between a healthcare service provider or an insurance company and another insurance company as well as between an insurance company and a healthcare service provider.
MEQPOS	Means of transport and equipment position message A message containing the position of a means of transport (e.g. a vessel or truck) and/or equipment related to a means of transport.
MOVINS	Stowage instruction message A Stowage instruction message contains details of one means of transport vehicle, giving instructions regarding the loading, discharging and restowage of equipment and/or cargoes and the location on the means of transport where the operation must take place.
MSCONS	Metered services consumption report message A metered services consumption report is a communication between trading parties, or their agents, providing consumption and where associated technical, information at a location(s) for a product(s) or service(s) where the supply is recorded using a meter(s).
ORDCHG	Purchase order change request message A message from the buyer to the seller, specifying details of the buyer's request to change a purchase order.
ORDERS	Purchase order message A message specifying details for goods or services ordered under conditions agreed between the seller and the buyer.
ORDRSP	Purchase order response message A message from the seller to the buyer, responding to a purchase order message or a purchase order change request message.
OSTENQ	Order status enquiry message A message between a buyer or buyer's agent and a seller or seller's agent for information on the current status of a previously sent order(s).
OSTRPT	Order status report message A message between a buyer or buyer's agent and a seller or seller's agent reporting status information on the current status of a previously sent order(s). This may be a reply to an order status enquiry or a report as agreed between the partners.
PARTIN	Party information message A message to enable the transmission of basic information regarding locations and the related operational, administrative, financial, manufacturing and trading data.
PAXLST	Passenger list message This Passenger List Message (PAXLST) permits the transfer of passenger/crew data from a Customs, Immigration or other designated authority in the country of departure to the appropriate authorities in the country of arrival of the means of transport. Where national privacy legislation permits, and with the agreement of all parties involved, this message may also be exchanged between carriers and Customs, Immigration, Police or any designated authorities. This transfer of data may occur upon departure from the sending agency and prior to arrival of the vessel/ flight at the receiving agency. This is to permit the designated authority at the place of destination to screen this data and take timely decisions related to the clearance of passengers and crew. The transfer of data may also occur prior to departure, carriers may transmit passenger listings to customs and immigration for pre-arrival clearance. Endorsement of this message by the Customs Cooperation Council does not necessarily mean endorsement by national Immigration or Police authorities, nor does it place any obligations on parties to apply the message.
PAYDUC	Payroll deductions advice message The Payroll Deductions Advice is sent by a party (usually an employer or its representative) to a service providing organisation, to detail payments by payroll deductions, on behalf of employees, made to the service providing organisation.
PAYEXT	Extended payment order message An Extended Payment Order is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) to the Ordered Bank, to instruct the Ordered Bank to debit an account it services for the Ordering Customer, and to arrange for the payment of a specified amount to the Beneficiary (or Payee or Agent in favour of Beneficiary) in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s), and to provide to the Payee full details of the transactions to which the Extended Payment Order relates. Throughout this document, the term 'Ordering Customer' refers to either an Ordering Customer, or a Payor or Agent acting on behalf of the Ordering Customer; likewise the term 'Beneficiary' refers to either a Beneficiary, or a Payee or Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiary.
PAYMUL	Multiple payment order message A Multiple Payment order is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) to the Ordered Bank, to instruct the Ordered Bank to debit an account it services for the Ordering Customer, and to arrange for the payment of specified amounts to several Beneficiaries (or Payees) in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s). Throughout this document, the term 'Ordering Customer' refers to either an Ordering Customer, or a Payor or Agent acting (sending) on behalf of the Ordering Customer; likewise the term 'Beneficiary' refers to either a Beneficiary, or a Payee or Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiary.
PAYORD	Payment order message A Payment Order is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) to the Ordered Bank, to instruct the Ordered Bank to debit an account it services for the Ordering Customer, and to arrange for the payment of a specified amount to the Beneficiary (or Payee or Agent in favour of Beneficiary) in settlement of the referenced business transaction(s). Throughout this document, the term 'Ordering Customer' refers to either an Ordering Customer, or a Payor or Agent acting on behalf of the Ordering Customer; likewise the term 'Beneficiary' refers to either a Beneficiary, or a Payee or Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiary.
PRICAT	Price/sales catalogue message A message to enable the transmission of information regarding pricing and catalogue details for goods and services offered by a seller to a buyer. The message can also be sent by a buyer to a seller. This may be a response (acceptance or rejection) to a previously received price/sales catalogue message, or a notification of negotiated prices.
PRIHIS	Pricing history message A message furnishing the Pricing History and related information of goods previously ordered under conditions agreed to between a seller and a buyer.
PRODAT	Product data message A message to submit master data - a set of data that is rarely changed - to identify and describe products a supplier offers to his (potential) customer or buyer. This information of long validity includes technical and functional product description but not commercial terms and conditions. This message can be used as well to update the information on a previously sent PRODAT message.
PRODEX	Product exchange reconciliation message The Product Exchange Message is a communication between two trading partners with agreements for the loan of products to each other, to provide information about movements of products from and to various locations on particular dates. The message gives additional information on the outstanding balances of each product between the trading partners. No financial value is attached to the products and settlement is usually carried out between like products.
PROINQ	Product inquiry message A message enabling the sender to inquire on a product or a group of products from a master product catalog or file according to criteria defined in the message.
PRPAID	Insurance premium payment message The Insurance Premium Payment message is used by communicating parties to notify the recipient about premiums to be collected, paid, not paid or partly paid, either individually or in series via borderaux or statements. The exchanging partners are insurers and insurance intermediaries.
QALITY	Quality data message A message to enable the transmission of the results of tests performed to satisfy a specified product or process requirement. The content includes, but is not limited to, test data and measurements, statistical information, and the testing methods employed.
QUOTES	Quote message A message which provides potential sellers with the ability to provide price, delivery schedule, and other conditions for potential sales of goods or services.
RDRMES	Raw data reporting message A Raw data reporting message (RDRMES) is sent in response to predefined and identified questions. Raw data are collected by numerous offices in the public and private sectors. Much of the data is predefined and repetitious. The data are often codified such that their description has been pre-set and meets the criteria of the collector.
REBORD	Reinsurance bordereau message A reinsurance bordereau message is made of individual policy data and their impact on a reinsurance contract. More specifically, the REBORD can be used to report how the reinsurance premiums or claims figures are built up, or to report individual cessions affecting a reinsurance contract.
RECADV	Receiving advice message This message is to address the business needs related to the goods receipt. This message is used to report the physical receipt of goods. The message allows for the reporting of discrepancies in products, quantities, terms, packages, etc. The message may contain only the information that the received consignment is completely in line with the consignment information given in the Despatch advice message. In case there is no detail to be provided. The message may inform about the discrepancies: - between the received consignment and consignment information given in the Despatch advice message. - between the received goods and the ordered goods in the ORDERS, DELFOR or DELJIT information.
RECALC	Reinsurance calculation message RECALC is a generic message used in reinsurance environment to show various types of calculation that are either based on the loss ratio or on the technical result of a reinsurance contract or program, mainly in the area of commissions and commission adjustments and in stop loss claims. This message supports results shown in the RETACC message.
RECECO	Credit risk cover message Factoring companies provide their clients (the seller) protection against the risk of credit losses on sales to the buyers. Credit protection is provided on each approved customer (buyer) of the seller. The message will be used to apply for preliminary credit assessment (used during negotiation with prospective clients); apply for credit protection; reply to credit requests; revise amount and expiry date of credit protection and terms; cancel credit protection. The message will serve at the same time as the request for credit risk cover and as the answer (approval or rejection to that request).
RECLAM	Reinsurance claims message A reinsurance claims message is exchanged between insurers, professional intermediaries, reinsurers to send information concerning a loss and/or to request settlement (payment or refund) concerning the loss.
REMADV	Remittance advice message The Remittance Advice is a communication between trading partners, e.g. seller, buyer, financial institutions, which provides a detailed accounting relative to a payment, or other form of financial settlement, for the provision of goods and/or services as detailed in the advice.
REPREM	Reinsurance premium message The Reinsurance Premium Message (REPREM) allows to support the technical entries for any premium or brokerage adjustment amount. For this purpose, it enables to render all the relevant data (mainly amounts and the way they are built up) used in the actual calculation of the adjustment, as well as the other relevant elements used in the specific formula.
REQDOC	Request for document message A message to enable a party request the sending, or re-sending, of data, either as a document or message, or in some other agreed form.
REQOTE	Request for quote message A message which provides potential buyers with the ability to solicit price, delivery schedule, and other conditions from potential sellers of goods or services.
RESETT	Reinsurance settlement message A reinsurance settlement message is exchanged by insurers, reinsurers, bureaux, brokers and professional reinsurance intermediaries to send all information that enables to identify, reconcile and set-off technical accounts.
RESMSG	Reservation message A Reservation message is sent by a tourism operator to one or more service providers in order to request desired services. These services may be subject to confirmation by any of the parties concerned.
RETACC	Reinsurance technical account message The RETACC is used by the sender to report to the receiver the latter's position in the sender's books with respect to one single reinsurance contract. It is in this sense a type of account for services rendered, and may initiate a payment flow either directly or via a periodical overview statement.
RETANN	Announcement for returns message A message by which a party announces to another party details of goods for return due to specified reasons (e.g. returns for repair, returns at end of leasing period, returns because of damage).
RETINS	Instruction for returns message A message by which a party informs another party whether and how goods shall be returned.
SAFHAZ	Safety and hazard data message The Safety and hazard data message is to enable the communication of safety data and advice on relevant materials supplied to industrial customers so as to enable them to take measures to protect their employees and the environment from any potential harmful effects from these materials.
SANCRT	International movement of goods governmental regulatory message The SANCRT message permits a commercial operator to apply to a national agency for the issue of a certificate, permit, authorization etc. in respect of products to be imported or exported. It further permits the issuing authority to transmit to the applicant and to the exporting or importing country's relevant national authority, (e.g. Customs, Agriculture etc.) the details of the certificate, permit or authorization in respect of those products thus facilitating the import/export clearance of the consignment whilst ensuring that all certificate, permit, authorization requirements are met.
SLSFCT	Sales forecast message A message to enable the transmission of forecast data related to products or services, such as corresponding location, period, product identification, pricing, monetary amount, quantity, market sector information, sales parties. It enables the recipient to process the information automatically and use it for production, planning, marketing, statistical purposes, etc.
SLSRPT	Sales data report message A message to enable the conveyance of product activity related to the sale of products or services, such as the activity location, date, time or period, quantity, pricing, monetary amount, market sector, involved parties and other data enabling various sales analysis processes. Such activity information allows the recipient to perform statistical and quantitative analysis in support of production, planning, marketing, replenishment, and other processes.
SOCADE	Social administration message A message is sent by an employer to an organisation to report information regarding to person(s) who get wages or advantages, as goods granted by an employee, from an employer. It may relate about an event concerning one or more employee(s) or report on staff activities during a specific period of employment.
SSIMOD	Modification of identity details message The SSIMOD message is sent to communicate to the country of first registration the modification of identity details which took place since the last transmission related to the worker.
SSRECH	Worker's insurance history message The SSRECH message is sent by a designated body in one State to the equivalent body in another State giving details of a worker's Social Security insurance history as requested by the latter State.
SSREGW	Notification of registration of a worker message The SSREGW message is exchanged between designated bodies to enable interchange and registration of a worker's social security number. The message is also exchanged by designated bodies to request and compile details of worker's social security insurance record.
STATAC	Statement of account message A Statement of Account is a communication from a Seller or his agent to a Buyer or his agent, providing information about the status of an account at a specific point in time. It is used as an aid to reconciliation. At the same time it may be a reminder of payment due.
SUPCOT	Superannuation contributions advice message The Superannuation Contributions Advice is sent by a party to an organisation administering a superannuation scheme, to detail contribution payments made for members of the superannuation scheme.
SUPMAN	Superannuation maintenance message The Superannuation Maintenance Message is sent by a party to an organisation administering a superannuation scheme, to specify membership maintenance information about superannuation scheme members.
SUPRES	Supplier response message A Reservation message is sent by a tourism operator to one or more service providers in order to request desired services. These services may be subject to confirmation by any of the parties concerned. The Supplier response presented herein is the response to the Reservation message (RESMSG).
TANSTA	Tank status report message A message from a vessel to the shipplanning department of a shipping line and vice versa (e.g. via satellite), giving details about the contents of ballast tanks, fuel tanks, water tanks and other figures necessary for the calculation of the stability of the vessel.
VATDEC	Value added tax message This VAT Declaration Message (VATDEC) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a national VAT collecting authority for the purpose of meeting legislative and/or operational requirements in respect of the declarations of VAT. The declarant may be a taxpayer who is obliged to send VAT returns the authorities, or an accountant or others who on behalf of one several taxpayers send VAT returns to the authorities and who is mandated to do so by the authorities and the taxpayer. The declaration may contain one or several returns. The message may also be used, for example: - within the European Union, to transmit VAT summary information for the Value Added Tax Information Exchange System (VIES) from a declarant to the relevant national VIES collecting authorities. - to transmit other related or comparable VAT information from a declarant to the relevant authorities.
VESDEP	Vessel departure message A message from a stevedore to a liner agent or from a liner agent to a local authority (e.g. port authority) to inform the latter party of the departure of a vessel and giving information on the actual container or cargo operations. This message is part of a total set of container-related messages. These messages serve to facilitate the intermodal handling of containers by streamlining the information exchange. The business scenario for the container messages is clarified in a separate document, called: 'Guide to the scenario of EDIFACT container messages'.
WASDIS	Waste disposal information message A message to convey information on last inspection and on waste on board of a means of transport (e.g. vessel) and/or equipment related to a means of transport - and still to be disposed in the next place or port of call of the means of transport.
WKGRDC	Work grant decision message A message specifying details of decisions of the governmental agency to an employer relating to a work grant request or permit for one or more workers.
WKGRRE	Work grant request message A message specifying details of requests to a governmental authority from an employer for workers who need a work grant or permit.