United Nations Directories  for Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport



UN/EDIFACT






                                           Message Type : DOCAMR
                                           Version      : D
                                           Release      : 01C
                                           Contr. Agency: UN

                                           Revision     : 2
                                           Date         : 2001-11-07






SOURCE: D6 Finance (SWG)



                               CONTENTS

       Request for an amendment of a documentary credit message

0.     INTRODUCTION

1.     SCOPE

       1.1   Functional definition

       1.2   Field of application

       1.3   Principles

2.     REFERENCES

3.     TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

       3.1   Standard terms and definitions

4.     MESSAGE DEFINITION

       4.1   Segment clarification

       4.2   Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag)

       4.3   Message structure
             4.3.1 Segment table













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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data
Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM
General Introduction
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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
       cancel 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 applications.
       It is based on universal practice related to administration,
       commerce and transport, 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 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General
       Introduction, Section 1.

3.     TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3.1    Standard terms and definitions

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General
       Introduction, Section 2.

4.     MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1    Segment clarification

       This section should be read in conjunction with the segment
       table which indicates 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 01C
                     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 (including the UNH & UNT) and the
       control reference number of the message.

4.2    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

4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R 0010 UNH Message header M 1 0020 BGM Beginning of message M 1 0030 RFF Reference M 2 0040 FCA Financial charges allocation C 1 0050 DTM Date/time/period C 4 0060 MOA Monetary amount C 2 0070 LOC Place/location identification C 3 0080 TSR Transport service requirements C 1 0090 FTX Free text C 10 0100 ----- Segment group 1 ------------------ M 5-----------+ 0110 FII Financial institution information M 1 | 0120 RFF Reference C 2 | 0130 CTA Contact information C 1 | 0140 COM Communication contact C 5-----------+ 0150 ----- Segment group 2 ------------------ M 9-----------+ 0160 NAD Name and address M 1 | 0170 RFF Reference C 1 | 0180 CTA Contact information C 1 | 0190 COM Communication contact C 5-----------+ 0200 ----- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 1-----------+ 0210 AUT Authentication result M 1 | 0220 DTM Date/time/period C 1-----------+ 0230 UNT Message trailer M 1

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