0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Passenger
list message (PAXLST) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI) between trading partners involved in administration,
commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
This Passenger List Message (PAXLST) permits the transfer of
passenger/crew data from a Customs, Immigration or other
designated authority in the country of departure to the
appropriate authorities in the country of arrival of the means
of transport.
Where national privacy legislation permits, and with the
agreement of all parties involved, this message may also be
exchanged between carriers and Customs, Immigration, Police or
any designated authorities.
This transfer of data may occur upon departure from the sending
agency and prior to arrival of the vessel/ flight at the
receiving agency. This is to permit the designated authority at
the place of destination to screen this data and take timely
decisions related to the clearance of passengers and crew.
The transfer of data may also occur prior to departure,
carriers may transmit passenger listings to customs and
immigration for pre-arrival clearance.
Endorsement of this message by the Customs Cooperation Council
does not necessarily mean endorsement by national Immigration
or Police authorities, nor does it place any obligations on
parties to apply the message.
1.2 Field of Application
This message may be applied for international passenger
movement and is not dependent on the mode of transport.
1.3 Principles
It is envisaged that the message will:
(a) facilitate the clearance of low risk passengers/crew.
(b) allow Customs, Immigration or police authorities to more
effectively and efficiently concentrate resources on areas of
highest risk.
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.
The following guidelines and principles apply to the whole
message and are intended to facilitate the understanding and
implementation of the message:
- Where a choice of code or text is given only the code
element should be used wherever possible.
- Data that is not necessary to meet the functional
requirements of the message should not be included.
- Free text information within the message should be avoided as
this inhibits automatic processing.
0010 UNH, Message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Passenger list message is PAXLST.
Note: Passenger list messages conforming to this document must
contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
Data element 0065 PAXLST
0052 D
0054 98B
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment to indicate the type and function of the message.
0030 RFF, Reference
A segment to specify message reference.
0040 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to specify associated dates/times as required related
to the message.
0050 Segment group 1: NAD-CTA-COM
A group of segments to specify name and/or address, person or
department in the originating administration who can provide
further information about the data in the message.
0060 NAD, Name and address
A segment to identify the name, address and related
function.
0070 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or department in the sending
administration to contact.
0080 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify communication numbers of departments
or persons to whom communication should be directed (e.g.
telephone and/or fax number).
0090 Segment group 2: TDT-DTM-SG3
A group of segments to indicate information related to each leg
of the mode of transport.
0100 TDT, Details of transport
A segment to specify details of transport related to each
leg, including means of transport, mode of transport name
and/or number of vessel and/or vehicle and/or flight.
0110 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to specify associated dates and/or times as
required related to details of transport.
0120 Segment group 3: LOC-DTM
A group of segments indicating associated locations and
dates.
0130 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment to specify locations such as place of
departure, place of destination, country of ultimate
destination, country and/or place of transit, country of
transit termination, etc. of a passenger/crew.
0140 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to specify associated dates and/or times as
required related to locations.
0150 Segment group 4: NAD-ATT-DTM-MEA-GIS-FTX-LOC-COM-EMP-NAT-SG5-
SG6-SG7
A group of segments to indicate if passenger or crew member,
personal details (name, title, sex and marital status), date of
birth, attributes such as height, hair and eye colour, and
other related details.
0160 NAD, Name and address
A segment specifying name of the passenger or crew member.
0170 ATT, Attribute
A segment specifying passenger's and/or crew attributes such
as complexion and build.
0180 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to specify date of birth.
0190 MEA, Measurements
To specify physical measurements, (e.g. height).
0200 GIS, General indicator
A segment to specify indicators such as risk assessment.
0210 FTX, Free text
A segment specifying other related passenger/crew
information (e.g. ticketing information).
0220 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment indicating country of birth and port/place of
origin (embarkation), transit and destination
(disembarkation) of a passenger and/or crew.
0230 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify a communication number of a department
or a person to whom communication should be directed (e.g.
passenger telephone details).
0240 EMP, Employment details
A segment to indicate the occupation of a passenger or the
rank of crew.
0250 NAT, Nationality
A segment to indicate the nationality of a passenger and/or
crew.
0260 Segment group 5: DOC-DTM-GIS-RFF-LOC-CPI-QTY
A group of segments to indicate the travel document details,
date and time, reference, place and/or location
identification, charge payment instructions and quantity.
0270 DOC, Document/message details
A segment identifying passenger and/or crew travel
documents, such as passports, visas etc.
0280 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to specify associated dates/times related to
documents.
0290 GIS, General indicator
A segment to specify processing indicators, such as
document holder, alias, endorsee etc.
0300 RFF, Reference
A segment to specify document reference.
0310 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment indicating the country that issued the
document.
0320 CPI, Charge payment instructions
A segment to identify methods of payment for transport
charges.
0330 QTY, Quantity
A segment to identify passenger type counts (e.g. child,
adult, infant, etc.).
0340 Segment group 6: GID-FTX-QTY
A group of segments indicating the personal effects
associated with a passenger or crew member.
0350 GID, Goods item details
A segment to identify the line item number, as well as
the type and number of packages.
0360 FTX, Free text
A segment to indicate the description of the effects.
0370 QTY, Quantity
A segment to indicate the quantity of the effects.
0380 Segment group 7: TDT-FTX
A group of segments identifying transport details related to
the passenger or crew member.
0390 TDT, Details of transport
A segment to identify transport details related to the
NAD segment.
0400 FTX, Free text
A segment to identify free text information on passenger
transport details.
0410 CNT, Control total
A segment specifying control totals such as the total number of
passengers/ crew members in the message.
0420 AUT, Authentication result
A segment to specify the results of the application of an
authentication procedure, including the authenticity of sender
to ensure integrity of data.
0430 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)
ATT Attribute
AUT Authentication result
BGM Beginning of message
CNT Control total
COM Communication contact
CPI Charge payment instructions
CTA Contact information
DOC Document/message details
DTM Date/time/period
EMP Employment details
FTX Free text
GID Goods item details
GIS General indicator
LOC Place/location identification
MEA Measurements
NAD Name and address
NAT Nationality
QTY Quantity
RFF Reference
TDT Details of transport
UNH Message header
UNT Message trailer
Contents of PAXLST