0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Response to
an amendment of a documentary credit message (DOCARE) to be
used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading
partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
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.
1.2 Field of Application
The Response to 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
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| Applicant | | Beneficiary |
|---------------| |---------------|
^ ^ | |
| | | |
| | v |
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|Applicant's| | |Applicant's| |
| bank | | | bank | |
|-----------| | |-----------| |
^ | | |
| | | |
| | v v
|---------------| |------------| |--------------|
| | <--- |Intermediary| <------- | |
| Issuing bank | | bank | |Advising bank |
| | |------------| | |
| | <--------------------------- |--------------|
|---------------|
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.
0010 | UNH, 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
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0020 BGM, 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.
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 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the date and/or time the message is
created.
0050 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.
0060 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.
0070 RFF, Reference
A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified
in the leading FII segment.
0080 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.
0090 COM, Communication contact
A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
segment.
0100 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.
0110 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.
0120 RFF, Reference
A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified
in the leading NAD segment.
0130 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.
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 3: AUT-DTM
A group of segments specifying details of any authentication
(validation) procedures applied to the DOCARE message.
0160 AUT, Authentication result
A segment specifying details of any authentication
(validation) procedures applied to the DOCARE message.
0170 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment identifying the validation date/time.
0180 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
FII Financial institution information
NAD Name and address
RFF Reference
UNH Message header
UNT Message trailer
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