United Nations Directories
for Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport
UN/EDIFACT
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Message Type : BOPINF Version : D Release : 23A Contr. Agency: UN Revision : 3 Date : 2023-07-21 SOURCE: TBG7 Statistics CONTENTS Balance of payment information from customer 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. INTRODUCTION This specification provides the definition of the Balance of payment information from customer message (BOPINF) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport. 1. SCOPE 1.1 Functional definition The Balance of payment information from customer message is sent from a customer to the customer's bank in order to inform the customer's bank of information relating to one or more external payments which have been received in settlement of transactions with non-residents and which must be reported on by the bank to the responsible authority for Balance of Payment reporting purposes. 1.2 Field of application The Balance of payment information from customer 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 In some countries the receipt of an external payment by a customer has to be reported to the authority responsible for the compilation of Balance of Payments (BOP) statistics via the customer's resident bank. It is assumed that the customer has previously been informed of the external payment receipt by means of a credit advice (CREADV) message sent by the customer's bank. This means that the customer need only report in the BOPINF message any required Balance of Payment information relating to the transaction which was not contained in the credit advice message as long as a reference to the received credit advice message is included. The main function of the BOPINF message therefore is to provide additional Balance of Payment information related to the external payment and which is unknown by the customer's bank. For onwards periodic reporting to the authority responsible for the compilation of Balance of Payments statistics the customer's bank has to combine the contents of any referenced CREADV messages with the related BOPINF messages in order to prepare the Balance of payment customer transaction report message (BOPCUS). The message has been designed with a main detail loop each repetition of which should be used to provide information related to a single credit advice. 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. 00010 UNH, Message header A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Balance of payment information from customer message is BOPINF. Note: Balance of payment information from customer messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 BOPINF 0052 D 0054 23A 0051 UN 00020 BGM, Beginning of message A segment to indicate the type and function of the message and to transmit its identifying number. 00030 DTM, Date/time/period A segment to specify the date and, when required, the time of the creation of the message and optionally to specify other process dates which apply to the whole message. 00040 Segment group 1: RFF-DTM A group of segments to specify references which apply to the whole message and optionally to specify related dates. 00050 RFF, Reference A segment to specify a reference for the message. 00060 DTM, Date/time/period A segment to specify dates related to the reference. 00070 Segment group 2: NAD-CTA-COM-FTX A group of segments to identify the parties associated with the message. 00080 NAD, Name and address A segment to identify the reporting party and in addition to identify the customer when the reporting party is a third party. 00090 CTA, Contact information A segment to identify a person or a department for the party to whom communication should be directed. 00100 COM, Communication contact A segment to specify a communication number for the party. 00110 FTX, Free text A segment to specify free text information relating to the party. 00120 Segment group 3: RFF-DTM-SG4 A group of segments to identify a referenced credit advice message together with any associated transaction details. 00130 RFF, Reference A segment to specify the reference number of the referenced credit advice message. 00140 DTM, Date/time/period A segment to specify any dates relating to the referenced credit advice message. 00150 Segment group 4: RCS-FTX-MOA-LOC A group of segments to specify the nature of transactions associated with the referenced credit advice, together with any associated amounts and geographical details. 00160 RCS, Requirements and conditions A segment to specify the nature of a transaction. 00170 FTX, Free text A segment to specify additional free text information relating to the nature of the transaction. 00180 MOA, Monetary amount A segment to specify an amount and associated currency for the transaction such as the debit flow amount or the credit flow amount. 00190 LOC, Place/location identification A segment to identify a country involved in the transaction such as country of origin or country of destination. 00200 CNT, Control total A segment to specify total values for control purposes such as total value of credit items. 00210 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) BGM Beginning of message CNT Control total COM Communication contact CTA Contact information DTM Date/time/period FTX Free text LOC Place/location identification MOA Monetary amount NAD Name and address RCS Requirements and conditions RFF Reference UNH Message header UNT Message trailer
4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R 00010 UNH Message header M 1 00020 BGM Beginning of message M 1 00030 DTM Date/time/period M 9 00040 ---- Segment group 1 ------------------ C 9----------------+ 00050 RFF Reference M 1 | 00060 DTM Date/time/period C 1----------------+ 00070 ---- Segment group 2 ------------------ M 9----------------+ 00080 NAD Name and address M 1 | 00090 CTA Contact information C 1 | 00100 COM Communication contact C 9 | 00110 FTX Free text C 99---------------+ 00120 ---- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 999--------------+ 00130 RFF Reference M 1 | 00140 DTM Date/time/period C 1 | | 00150 ---- Segment group 4 ------------------ M 99--------------+| 00160 RCS Requirements and conditions M 1 || 00170 FTX Free text C 99 || 00180 MOA Monetary amount C 1 || 00190 LOC Place/location identification C 9---------------++ 00200 CNT Control total C 9 00210 UNT Message trailer M 1