0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Request for
an amendment of a documentary credit message (DOCAMR) to be
used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading
partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
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
cancell the Documentary Credit.
1.2 Field of Application
The Request for an amendment of a documentary credit message
may be used for both national and international trade. It is
based on universal commercial practice and is not dependent on
the type of business or industry.
1.3 Principles
Unless otherwise specified, the documentary credit amendment is
subject to the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary
Credits, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France,
which are in effect on the date of origination.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Data Segment Clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching
Diagram and the Segment Table which indicate mandatory,
conditional and repeating requirements.
This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching
Diagram and Segment Table which indicate mandatory, conditional
and repeating requirements. For guidance, the following
principles serve to remove ambiguity in the application of this
Request for an Amendment of a Documentary Credit.
A. The content of a Request for an Amendment of a documentary
credit is assumed to effect:
- the modification of an issued documentary credit
- the cancellation of an issued documentary credit
B. A change may not be requested on
- the documentary credit number
- the identification of the Applicant and the Issuing Bank
0010 | UNH, Message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Request for an amendment of a
documentary credit message is DOCAMR.
Note: Request for an amendment of a documentary credit messages
conforming to this document must contain the following data in
segment UNH, composite S009:
Data element 0065 DOCAMR
0052 D
0054 95B
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment by means of which the sender must uniquely identify
the DOCAMR message using its type and number and when necessary
its function.
0030 RFF, 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.
0040 FCA, Financial charges allocation
A segment specifying the allocation of charges due to an
amendment.
0050 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the date and/or time the message is
created and, if applicable, the date of the original issue of
the documentary credit, the new (i.e. revised) expiry date of
the documentary credit and amendments to the date or period of
shipment.
0060 MOA, Monetary amount
A segment specifying either the currency and amount of an
increase in the documentary credit amount or the currency and
amount of a decrease in the documentary credit amount. It also
specifies the currency and total amount of the Documentary
Credit after the amendment, disregarding any drawings.
0070 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment specifying amendments to the place from where to
where shipment(s) under the documentary credit must be made.
0080 TSR, Transport service requirements
A segment specifying the amendments to the part- shipment
and/or transhipment instructions.
0090 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information used when additional
information is needed but cannot be accommodated within other
segments.
0100 Segment group 1: 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.
0110 FII, 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.
0120 RFF, Reference
A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified
in the leading FII segment.
0130 CTA, 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.
0140 COM, Communication contact
A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
segment.
0150 Segment group 2: 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.
0160 NAD, 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.
0170 RFF, Reference
A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified
in the leading NAD segment.
0180 CTA, 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.
0190 COM, Communication contact
A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
segment.
0200 Segment group 3: AUT-DTM
A group of segments specifying details of any authentication
(validation) procedures applied to the DOCAMR message.
0210 AUT, Authentication result
A segment specifying details of any authentication
(validation) procedures applied to the DOCAMR message.
0220 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment identifying the validation date/time.
0230 UNT, Message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
segments in the message and the control reference number of the
message.
4.2 Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)
AUT Authentication result
BGM Beginning of message
COM Communication contact
CTA Contact information
DTM Date/time/period
FCA Financial charges allocation
FII Financial institution information
FTX Free text
LOC Place/location identification
MOA Monetary amount
NAD Name and address
RFF Reference
TSR Transport service requirements
UNH Message header
UNT Message trailer
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