0.    INTRODUCTION

       This specification provides the definition of the Enterprise
       accounting information message (INFENT) to be used in
       Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners
       involved in administration, commerce and transport.

1.    SCOPE

1.1   Functional Definition

       A message used to exchange enterprise related accounting
       information between enterprises, public or private bodies and
       whoever may use it for the purpose of accounting, auditing,
       cost accounting, consolidation, reporting, financial analysis,
       administrations, etc.

1.2   Field of Application

       The Enterprise accounting information 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

       The economic partners of an enterprise require information,
       most of which is of a common nature. In order, therefore, to
       cope with this phenomenon, the enterprise - referred to as
       sender - may establish a data base - known as accounting
       information of enterprise - containing all the information of
       use to its partners, for various intervening bodies - referred
       to as recipients - who may be as follows: customers, suppliers,
       associated and other companies of the group, chartered
       accountants, auditors, legal, fiscal and financial advisers,
       lawyers, tax offices, the offices of court clerks, banks and
       financial houses, Public Authorities, etc.
       
       The preparation of the financial statements of an enterprise is
       a continuous chain which enables the trial balance and the
       financial statements to be obtained predominantly based on the
       accounting entries reflecting its activity and the chart of
       accounts.
       
       An enterprise accounting information is a piece of information
       or an event brought to the attention of an official, a private
       individual or a public body specifying a reference, a date, a
       time, a period, a free text, a name and address, a quantity, an
       accounting and administrative characteristic, a percentage, a
       legal status of organization or an amount in accordance with
       trading, financial, accounting, legal, social or fiscal
       relations, or in compliance with legislative provisions or
       regulations.
       
       An enterprise sends enterprise accounting information message
       in accordance to a predefined index. Each index value
       corresponds to an enterprise accounting information.
       
       The message INFENT contains information concerning enterprise
       information for a given period. The frequency of data
       collection ranges from daily to annually.

2.    REFERENCES

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 1.

3.    TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3.1   Standard 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 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 Enterprise accounting information
       message is INFENT.
       
       Note: Enterprise accounting information messages conforming to
       this document must contain the following data in segment UNH,
       composite S009:

       Data element  0065 INFENT
                     0052 D
                     0054 98A
                     0051 UN

   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment identifying the type of enterprise accounting
       information which is transmitted and provide its identification
       number.

   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment containing the opening and closing dates of the
       accounting period and the preparation date of the message.

   RFF, Reference
       A segment containing the number of the information file linked
       to the message and its version number.

   CUX, Currencies
       A segment providing currencies which are specific to the
       enterprise accounting information message.

   FTX, Free text
       A segment with free text, in coded or clear form, for the
       purpose of providing additional clarification solely concerning
       the summary section. In computer-to-computer exchanges such
       texts will normally require the receiver to process this
       segment manually.


   Segment group 1: NAD-RFF-FII-SG2
       A segment group giving information on sender, recipient and
       intermediary.

      NAD, Name and address
          A segment to identify a party.

      RFF, Reference
          A segment to provide references which are specific to the
          concerned party.

      FII, Financial institution information
          A segment identifying the bank account of the related party.


      Segment group 2: CTA-COM
          A group of segments to specify contacts and related
          communication numbers.

         CTA, Contact information
             A segment to provide contacts related to the party.

         COM, Communication contact
             A segment to provide communication numbers of the
             contact.


   Segment group 3: CCI-CAV
       A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or
       legal characteristics of the enterprise accounting information
       message.

      CCI, Characteristic/class id
          A segment to identify a characteristic.

      CAV, Characteristic value
          A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.


   Segment group 4: SEQ-IND-RFF-MOA-FTX-DTM-QTY-CUX-PCD-CPT-SG5-
                         SG7
       A segment group providing the expected information related to
       the enterprise. The index value contained in the index segment
       determines how informations in the subordinate segments in the
       same group, should be interpreted.

      SEQ, Sequence details
          A segment providing the sequential number of the provided
          information in the message.

      IND, Index details
          A segment to identify a relevant index.

      RFF, Reference
          A segment to provide reference related to information
          specified in the index segment.

      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment to provide amount related to information specified
          in the index segment.

      FTX, Free text
          A segment to provide text related to information specified
          in the index segment.

      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment providing a date or time or period related to
          information specified in the index segment.

      QTY, Quantity
          A segment providing a quantity related to information
          specified in the index segment.

      CUX, Currencies
          A segment to provide currency related to information
          specified in the index segment.

      PCD, Percentage details
          A segment to provide a percentage related to information
          specified in the index segment.

      CPT, Account identification
          A segment to provide account related to information
          specified in the index segment.


      Segment group 5: NAD-SG6
          A segment group to identify a party related to information
          specified in the index segment.

         NAD, Name and address
             A segment to identify a party.


         Segment group 6: CTA-COM
             A group of segments to specify contacts and provide
             communication numbers.

            CTA, Contact information
                A segment providing contact information related to the
                party identified in the preceding segment.

            COM, Communication contact
                A segment providing communication information related
                to the party or the contact.


      Segment group 7: CCI-CAV
          A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social,
          legal characteristics of the enterprise related to
          information specified in the index segment.

         CCI, Characteristic/class id
             A segment to identify a characteristic.

         CAV, Characteristic value
             A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.


   Segment group 8: AUT-DTM
       A segment group to provide authentication information.

      AUT, Authentication result
          A segment to provide authentication results.

      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment to provide the date of the authentication.

   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
          CAV Characteristic value
          CCI Characteristic/class id
          COM Communication contact
          CPT Account identification
          CTA Contact information
          CUX Currencies
          DTM Date/time/period
          FII Financial institution information
          FTX Free text
          IND Index details
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PCD Percentage details
          QTY Quantity
          RFF Reference
          SEQ Sequence details
          UNH Message header
          UNT Message trailer

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