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This message is available for formal trial for at least six months from the date of approval by UN/ECE/TRADE/WP.4. Organisations are invited to trial this message. Comments on the results from the trial should be forwarded to their Rapporteur's Team Secretariat as soon as they are available. Based on the results of the trials, a UNSM may be issued. The segments, composite data elements, data elements and codes for use in the trial of this message are contained in the Draft directory. However, this information may differ from that in the Standard directory (UNTDID), even for material having the same identifying tags. |
| Message Type: | DOCAMR |
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| Version: | D |
| Release: | 95A |
| Contr. Agency: | UN |
| Status: | 1 |
| Revision: | 1 |
| Date: | 95-01-06 |
| SOURCE: | Joint development of the Pan American and Western European EDIFACT Boards |
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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.6, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction |
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This message also occurs in the following versions of this standard: D95A, D95B, D96A, D96B, D97A, D97B, D98A, D98B, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B |
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.
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.
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.
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.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
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
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 | 95A | |
| 0051 | UN |
A segment by means of which the sender must uniquely identify the DOCAMR message using its type and number and when necessary its function.
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.
A segment specifying the allocation of charges due to an amendment.
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.
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.
A segment specifying amendments to the place from where to where shipment(s) under the documentary credit must be made.
A segment specifying the amendments to the part- shipment and/or transhipment instructions.
A segment with free text information used when additional information is needed but cannot be accommodated within other segments.
A group of segments identifying the financial institutions and account numbers involved in the documentary credit, their functions and notification references.
A segment identifying the financial institution(s) associated with the documentary credit, in coded or uncoded form, their functions and account numbers involved.
A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified in the leading FII segment.
A segment identifying a person or a department for the party specified in the leading FII segment to whom communication should be directed.
A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA segment.
A group of segments identifying the name and address of each non-financial party involved in the transaction, their functions and notification references.
A segment identifying names and addresses of the parties associated with the documentary credit, in coded or uncoded form, and their functions.
A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified in the leading NAD segment.
A segment identifying a person or a department for the party specified in the leading NAD segment to whom communication should be directed.
A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA segment.
A group of segments specifying details of any authentication (validation) procedures applied to the DOCAMR message.
A segment specifying details of any authentication (validation) procedures applied to the DOCAMR message.
A segment identifying the validation date/time.
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message and the control reference number of the message.
| 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 |
| ├─UNH Message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─BGM Beginning of message | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─RFF Reference | ×2 | (M) |
| ├─FCA Financial charges allocation | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─DTM Date/time/period | ×4 | (C) |
| ├─MOA Monetary amount | ×2 | (C) |
| ├─LOC Place/location identification | ×3 | (C) |
| ├─TSR Transport service requirements | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─FTX Free text | ×3 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×5 | (M) |
| │─├─FII Financial institution information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×2 | (C) |
| │─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─COM Communication contact | ×5 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 2 | ×9 | (M) |
| │─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─COM Communication contact | ×5 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 3 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─AUT Authentication result | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| └─UNT Message trailer | ×1 | (M) |