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
       cancell 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 trade. It is
       based on universal commercial practice 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 2.6 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.
       
       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

   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 96B
                     0051 UN

   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.

   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.

   FCA, Financial charges allocation
       A segment specifying the allocation of charges due to an
       amendment.

   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.

   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.

   LOC, Place/location identification
       A segment specifying amendments to the place from where to
       where shipment(s) under the documentary credit must be made.

   TSR, Transport service requirements
       A segment specifying the amendments to the part- shipment
       and/or transhipment instructions.

   FTX, Free text
       A segment with free text information used when additional
       information is needed but cannot be accommodated within other
       segments.


   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 DOCAMR message.

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

Contents of DOCAMR