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

       |---------------|                             |---------------|
       |   Applicant   |                             |  Beneficiary  |
       |---------------|                             |---------------|
          ^           ^                                  |          |
          |           |                                  |          |
          |           |                                  v          |
       |-----------|  |                               |-----------| |
       |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.

   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
                     0052 D
                     0054 95A
                     0051 UN

   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.

   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.

   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment specifying the date and/or time the message is
       created.


   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.

      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.

      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified
          in the leading FII segment.

      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.

      COM, Communication contact
          A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
          person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
          segment.


   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.

      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.

      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying reference numbers of parties specified
          in the leading NAD segment.

      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.

      COM, Communication contact
          A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
          person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
          segment.


   Segment group 3: AUT-DTM
       A group of segments specifying details of any authentication
       (validation) procedures applied to the DOCARE message.

      AUT, Authentication result
          A segment specifying details of any authentication
          (validation) procedures applied to the DOCARE message.

      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment identifying the validation date/time.

   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

Contents of DOCARE