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



UN/EDIFACT






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

                                           Revision     : 12
                                           Date         : 2001-11-07






SOURCE: D2 Purchasing (SWG)



                               CONTENTS

                      Remittance advice 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
             4.1.1 Header section
             4.1.2 Detail section
             4.1.3 Summary section

       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 Remittance
       advice message (REMADV) to be used in Electronic Data
       Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
       administration, commerce and transport.

1.     SCOPE

1.1    Functional definition

       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.

1.2    Field of application

       The Remittance advice 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

       - A Remittance Advice is a notice of a payment to be made.
       
       - A Remittance Advice may cover one or more commercial trade
       transactions (and related financial transactions), such as
       invoices, credit notes, debit notes, etc.
       
       - A Remittance Advice may include a cross reference to a
       Payment Order.
       
       - A single Remittance Advice may relate to both national and
       international settlements.
       
       - Each Remittance Advice shall be calculated in only one
       currency, even though the related transaction is denominated in
       different currencies.
       
       - Each Remittance Advice shall relate to only one settlement
       date.
       
       - Where remittance advice relates to a dispute, the message :
       
       . does not necessarily relate to one settlement date
       . is not necessarily a notice for a payment to be made
       
       - A Remittance Advice may be initiated by either party
       according to agreements.

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.
       
       The following guidelines and principles apply to the whole
       message and are intended to facilitate the understanding and
       implementation of the message: 
       
       All specified dates/times should be in the format
       'ccyymmdd'/'hhmm' unless all parties involved in the
       transaction agree that there is a functional requirement for an
       alternative format. Periods should be specified as whole
       numbers representing the required period as indicated in the
       format qualifier (weeks, months, etc.) 
       
       Where a choice of code or text is given only the code element
       should be used wherever possible.
       
       Conditional data that is not required in the message should not
       be included.
       
       Care must be taken that the segment qualifier in dependent
       segments do not conflict with the segment qualifier of the
       trigger segment of a group.
       
       Free text information within the message should be avoided as
       this inhibits automatic processing.

4.1.1  Header section


       Information to be provided in the Header section:

0010   UNH, Message header
       A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
       The message type code for the Remittance advice message is
       REMADV.

       Note: Remittance advice messages conforming to this document
       must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:

       Data element  0065 REMADV
                     0052 D
                     0054 01C
                     0051 UN

0020   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment for unique identification of the Remittance Advice
       Message, the type of Remittance Advice and its function.

0030   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment specifying the dates, and when relevant, the times
       related to the whole message. The segment must be specified at
       least once to specify the message date as allocated by the
       sender.

0040   RFF, Reference
       A segment for referencing documents which relate to the whole
       message.

0050   FII, Financial institution information
       A segment identifying the financial institution (e.g. bank) and
       account number and, where relevant, the currency of the
       account, for each party involved in the transaction. The Payor
       may indicate the previously agreed choice of financial
       institution for payment.

0060   PAI, Payment instructions
       A segment specifying the conditions, guarantee, method and
       channel of payment for the Remittance Advice.

0070   FTX, Free text
       A segment with free text information, in coded or clear form,
       used when additional information is needed but cannot be
       accommodated within other segments. In computer to computer
       exchanges such text will normally require the receiver to
       process this segment manually.

0080 X GIS, General indicator
       A segment identifying various indicators required by a
       processing system.


0090   Segment group 1:  NAD-SG2-SG3
       A group of segments identifying the parties involved in the
       transaction and, optionally the contact points and numbers.

0100      NAD, Name and address
          A segment to identify a party name and address, either by
          coded identification or in clear form.
          
          It is recommended that where possible only the coded form of
          the party ID should be specified e.g. the Buyer and Seller
          are known to each other, thus only the coded ID is required.


0110      Segment group 2:  RFF-DTM
          A group of segments specifying references, and associated
          dates if required, relevant to the party specified in the
          preceding name and address segment.

0120         RFF, Reference
             A segment to identify a reference related to the
             associated party, e.g. tax reference number.

0130         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment to specify dates and/or times associated with
             the above reference.


0140      Segment group 3:  CTA-COM
          A group of segments identifying the contact person or
          department for a trading party and specifying the
          communication channel and number.

0150         CTA, Contact information
             A segment to identify a person or department and their
             function, to whom communications should be directed.

0160         COM, Communication contact
             A segment specifying the communication channel and number
             for the specified contact.


0170   Segment group 4:  CUX-DTM
       A group of segments specifying the currencies and related
       dates/periods valid for the whole Remittance Advice. Currency
       data may be omitted in national applications but will be
       required for international transactions.

0180      CUX, Currencies
          A segment identifying the currencies required in the
          Remittance Advice. A rate of exchange may be given to
          convert a reference currency into a target currency.

0190      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the
          rate of exchange.

4.1.2  Detail section

       Information to be provided in the Detail section:


0200   Segment group 5:  DOC-MOA-DTM-RFF-NAD-SG6-SG7-SG9-SG10
       A group of segments providing details of all documents, e.g.
       invoices, statements, despatch advises, etc., to which the
       Remittance Advice refers. It includes information on the
       monetary amounts for each document and on any adjustments (with
       an indication of the reason for adjustments) and discounts. For
       information purposes an indication of the tax element can be
       provided.

0210      DOC, Document/message details
          A segment for identifying the reference document against
          which payment is being made.

0220      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment giving the monetary amounts for the amount due and
          the amount to be remitted.

0230      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment to specify the date of the referenced document and
          to indicate any other relevant dates applicable, e.g. Due
          date, Tax point date, etc.

0240      RFF, Reference
          A segment for the inclusion of any additional references
          related to the reference document.

0250      NAD, Name and address
          A segment to identify a party name and address, either by
          coded identification or in a clear form, e.g; original
          seller or issuer of the document.


0260      Segment group 6:  CUX-DTM
          A group of segments specifying the currencies and the
          related dates/periods valid of the referenced document where
          different to the remittance currency.

0270         CUX, Currencies
             A segment identifying the currency and associated
             exchange rate of the referenced document where different
             to the remittance currency.

0280         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the
             rate of exchange.


0290      Segment group 7:  AJT-MOA-RFF-FTX-QTY-SG8
          A group of segments to indicate adjustment amounts and their
          referenced documents.

0300         AJT, Adjustment details
             A segment indicating any adjustments to the amounts
             originally specified in the referenced document, and to
             which items such adjustments apply, with the associated
             reason for adjustment.

0310         MOA, Monetary amount
             A segment giving the monetary amounts of the adjustments
             of each reference document (e.g. original amount,
             discount amount, etc).
             The currency data elements should not be used.

0320         RFF, Reference
             A segment for the inclusion of any additional references
             related to the reference document.

0330         FTX, Free text
             A segment giving information in clear text when it is
             necessary.

0340         QTY, Quantity
             A segment used to indicate an adjustment to the amount
             being remitted based on quantitative data, such as
             cumulative quantity or promotional quantity across a
             payment period.


0350         Segment group 8:  TAX-MOA
             A group of segments specifying tax information related to
             adjustments.

0360            TAX, Duty/tax/fee details
                A segment specifying a tax type, category and rate, or
                exemption.

0370            MOA, Monetary amount
                A segment specifying the amount for the identified
                tax/fee.


0380      Segment group 9:  INP-FTX
          A group of segments to indicate instructions to parties in
          coded and when necessary in free text.

0390         INP, Parties and instruction
             A segment to indicate instructions to parties in coded
             form.

0400         FTX, Free text
             A segment to indicate instructions to parties in free
             text.


0410      Segment group 10: DLI-MOA-PIA-DTM-SG11-SG12
          A group of segments which may be used when required to
          provide details of individual line items in the reference
          document.

0420         DLI, Document line identification
             A segment identifying a specific line item within the
             referenced document.

0430         MOA, Monetary amount
             A segment giving the monetary amounts for the amount due
             and the amount to be remitted.

0440         PIA, Additional product id
             A segment specifying item identification codes where
             required.

0450         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the
             line item, e.g. date of receiving of the goods, delivery
             date.


0460         Segment group 11: CUX-DTM
             A group of segments identifying the currency and the
             related dates/periods of the line item where different to
             the remittance and document currency.

0470            CUX, Currencies
                A segment identifying the currency and associated
                exchange rate of the line item, where different to the
                remittance and document currency.

0480            DTM, Date/time/period
                A segment specifying the date/time/period related to
                the rate of exchange.


0490         Segment group 12: AJT-MOA-RFF-FTX-SG13
             A group of segments to indicate adjustment amounts and
             their referenced documents for this line item.

0500            AJT, Adjustment details
                A segment indicating any adjustments to the amounts
                originally specified for this line item and the reason
                for the adjustments.

0510            MOA, Monetary amount
                A segment giving the monetary amounts of the
                adjustment for this line item.

0520            RFF, Reference
                A segment for the inclusion of any additional
                references related to the reference document.

0530            FTX, Free text
                A segment giving a complement of information to
                adjustment reasons for cases that cannot be given
                (completely) in coded values.


0540            Segment group 13: TAX-MOA
                A group of segments specifying tax information related
                to adjustments.

0550               TAX, Duty/tax/fee details
                   A segment specifying a tax type, category and rate,
                   or exemption.

0560               MOA, Monetary amount
                   A segment specifying the amount for the identified
                   tax/fee.

4.1.3  Summary section

       Information to be provided in the Summary section:

0570   UNS, Section control
       A service segment placed at the start of the summary section to
       avoid segment collision.

0580   MOA, Monetary amount
       A segment giving the total amount of the payment to be made or
       other amounts. It is taken as given, i.e. is not subject to
       recalculation. It may be used for check operations, such as
       message validation.


0590   Segment group 14: ALC-MOA
       This segment group is used to identify allowance or charge
       details and any associated monetary amounts.

0600      ALC, Allowance or charge
          This segment is used to identify allowance or charge
          details.

0610      MOA, Monetary amount
          This segment is used to identify the monetary amount for an
          allowance or a charge.

0620   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)

          AJT Adjustment details
          ALC Allowance or charge
          BGM Beginning of message
          COM Communication contact
          CTA Contact information
          CUX Currencies
          DLI Document line identification
          DOC Document/message details
          DTM Date/time/period
          FII Financial institution information
          FTX Free text
       X  GIS General indicator
          INP Parties and instruction
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PAI Payment instructions
          PIA Additional product id
          QTY Quantity
          RFF Reference
          TAX Duty/tax/fee details
          UNH Message header
          UNS Section control
          UNT Message trailer

4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R HEADER SECTION 0010 UNH Message header M 1 0020 BGM Beginning of message M 1 0030 DTM Date/time/period M 5 0040 RFF Reference C 5 0050 FII Financial institution information C 5 0060 PAI Payment instructions C 1 0070 FTX Free text C 99 0080 X GIS General indicator C 5 0090 ----- Segment group 1 ------------------ C 99----------+ 0100 NAD Name and address M 1 | | 0110 ----- Segment group 2 ------------------ C 9----------+| 0120 RFF Reference M 1 || 0130 DTM Date/time/period C 9----------+| | 0140 ----- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 5----------+| 0150 CTA Contact information M 1 || 0160 COM Communication contact C 5----------++ 0170 ----- Segment group 4 ------------------ C 5-----------+ 0180 CUX Currencies M 1 | 0190 DTM Date/time/period C 1-----------+ DETAIL SECTION 0200 ----- Segment group 5 ------------------ C 999999------+ 0210 DOC Document/message details M 1 | 0220 MOA Monetary amount M 5 | 0230 DTM Date/time/period C 5 | 0240 RFF Reference C 5 | 0250 NAD Name and address C 2 | | 0260 ----- Segment group 6 ------------------ C 5----------+| 0270 CUX Currencies M 1 || 0280 DTM Date/time/period C 1----------+| | 0290 ----- Segment group 7 ------------------ C 100--------+| 0300 AJT Adjustment details M 1 || 0310 MOA Monetary amount C 1 || 0320 RFF Reference C 1 || 0330 FTX Free text C 5 || 0340 QTY Quantity C 9 || || 0350 ----- Segment group 8 ------------------ C 9---------+|| 0360 TAX Duty/tax/fee details M 1 ||| 0370 MOA Monetary amount C 9---------++| | 0380 ----- Segment group 9 ------------------ C 5----------+| 0390 INP Parties and instruction M 1 || 0400 FTX Free text C 5----------+| | 0410 ----- Segment group 10 ------------------ C 9999-------+| 0420 DLI Document line identification M 1 || 0430 MOA Monetary amount C 5 || 0440 PIA Additional product id C 5 || 0450 DTM Date/time/period C 5 || || 0460 ----- Segment group 11 ------------------ C 5---------+|| 0470 CUX Currencies M 1 ||| 0480 DTM Date/time/period C 1---------+|| || 0490 ----- Segment group 12 ------------------ C 10--------+|| 0500 AJT Adjustment details M 1 ||| 0510 MOA Monetary amount C 1 ||| 0520 RFF Reference C 1 ||| 0530 FTX Free text C 5 ||| ||| 0540 ----- Segment group 13 ------------------ C 9--------+||| 0550 TAX Duty/tax/fee details M 1 |||| 0560 MOA Monetary amount C 9--------++++ SUMMARY SECTION 0570 UNS Section control M 1 0580 MOA Monetary amount M 99 0590 ----- Segment group 14 ------------------ C 99----------+ 0600 ALC Allowance or charge M 1 | 0610 MOA Monetary amount C 9-----------+ 0620 UNT Message trailer M 1

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