0.    INTRODUCTION

       This specification provides the definition of the Social
       administration message (SOCADE) 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 is sent by an employer to an organisation to report
       information regarding to person(s) who get wages or advantages,
       as goods granted by an employee, from an employer. It may
       relate about an event concerning one or more employee(s) or
       report on staff activities during a specific period of
       employment.

1.2   Field of Application

       The Social administration 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

       This message may be used to transmit information:
        - regarding individuals who receive wages or advantages from
       an employer during a given period and who are entitled to a
       working contract.
        - regarding the status of one or more person(s) who receive
       wages or advantages from an employer.
        - regarding a particular event concerning one or more
       employee(s).
        The employer, responsible for declaration may request a third
       party to declare for its own.

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.

4.1.1  Header section

       Information to be provided in the Header section:

0010   UNH, Message header
       A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
       The message type code for the Social administration message is
       SOCADE.
       
       Note: Social administration messages conforming to this
       document must contain the following data in segment UNH,
       composite S009:

       Data element  0065 SOCADE
                     0052 D
                     0054 99A
                     0051 UN

0020   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment by which the sender uniquely identifies the
       declaration by means of its type and number and when necessary
       its function.

0030   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment specifying dates and, and when relevant, time for the
       whole message. If the function of the message is to modify or
       to delete a previous message, the date and time of modification
       or deletion must be specified.

0040   RFF, Reference
       A segment providing an additional reference relating to this
       message and if necessary, the reference of a previous message
       that has been modified or deleted.


0050   Segment group 1: PNA-RFF-CTA-COM-SG2
       A group of segments identifying parties involved in the
       transmission.

0060      PNA, Party identification
          A segment identifying names of parties and their functions
          regarding the exchange of the message.

0070      RFF, Reference
          A segment identifying references of the message for the
          relating party identified in the previous PNA segment.

0080      CTA, Contact information
          A segment identifying the person or the department to whom
          the communication should be directed.

0090      COM, Communication contact
          A segment identifying a communication type and number for
          the contact specified in the previous CTA segment, if CTA is
          not present the contact is the party specified in the
          previous PNA segment.


0100      Segment group 2: ADR-FTX
          A group of segments identifying parties identified in the
          previous PNA segment.

0110         ADR, Address
             A segment identifying the address of the relating party.

0120         FTX, Free text
             A segment providing additional text information to the
             previous ADR segment.

4.1.2  Detail section

       Information to be provided in the Detail section:

0130   UNS, Section control
       A mandatory service segment placed before the first user
       segment in the detail section to avoid segment collision.


0140   Segment group 3: PNA-FTX-PDI-REL-DTM-NAT-LOC-FII-ATT-EMP-MOA-
                         QTY-CTA-COM-SG4-SG5-SG6
       A group of segments giving all required information relating to
       a company or a person and, if relevant, for all of its local
       units, responsible for declared information.

0150      PNA, Party identification
          A segment giving the identity of an employer responsible for
          the production of the message or the person who receives
          wages or an advantage from the employer.

0160      FTX, Free text
          A segment providing any additional information with regard
          to the name of the employer or the person who receives wages
          or an advantage from the employer (e.g. if the length of a
          name exceeds the available number of characters within the
          PNA).

0170      PDI, Person demographic information
          A segment indicating the marital status of a person.

0180      REL, Relationship
          A segment indicating a hierarchical relationship inside a
          company (e.g. headquarter, local units) or a relation
          between two declared persons.

0190      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment providing any relating dates regarding the person
          or the employer (e.g. date of birth for the described
          person).

0200      NAT, Nationality
          A segment giving the nationality of an employer responsible
          for the production of the message or the concerned person.

0210      LOC, Place/location identification
          A segment providing place of birth of the person described.

0220      FII, Financial institution information
          A segment indicating the bank account of an employee.

0230      ATT, Attribute
          A segment specifying any personal attributes regarding the
          person described.

0240      EMP, Employment details
          A segment indicating the main activity of the employer or
          the person who receives wages or an advantage from an
          employer.

0250      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment giving the total of amounts concerning a wage
          earner charges paid by the employer (e.g. salaries, fees,
          etc). It also indicates the reference level salary that is
          used for contribution of a natural person, and any amounts
          registered for a particular person who receives wages or an
          advantage from the employer.

0260      QTY, Quantity
          A segment giving any total for each type of amounts or
          quantities regarding each wage earner (e.g. number of full
          time workers, number of working days, etc) and totals for
          each type of amount or quantities regarding an employer.

0270      CTA, Contact information
          A segment identifying the person or department responsible
          of the declaration or concerned by the declaration may be
          contacted.

0280      COM, Communication contact
          A segment identifying communication type and number for the
          person or the department identified in the previous CTA
          segment.


0290      Segment group 4: RFF-DTM
          A group of segments specifying additional references related
          to the employer or the person and associated dates.

0300         RFF, Reference
             A segment specifying additional references related to the
             employer or the described person.

0310         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment indicating dates and time, if necessary,
             relating to the reference.


0320      Segment group 5: ADR-FTX
          A group of segments giving information about pertinent
          addresses of employer and concerned persons.

0330         ADR, Address
             A segment indicating an address relating to the employer
             or the person concerned by the declaration.

0340         FTX, Free text
             A segment specifying additional information regarding the
             address of the employer or the concerned person.


0350      Segment group 6: PRC-FTX-ATT-DTM-EMP-ADR-DOC-IND-STS-LOC-
                            SG7-SG8-SG9-SG10
          A group of segments describing a contract or a procedure
          regarding wage earners in which the employer is involved. It
          may also detail any contract or procedure available for a
          particular person concerned by the Social administrative
          message.

0360         PRC, Process identification
             A segment identifying a contract or a procedure that
             involves the employer or a particular person who receives
             wages or an advantage from an employer.

0370         FTX, Free text
             A segment providing textual information relating to the
             contract or the procedure concerning the person or the
             employer.

0380         ATT, Attribute
             A segment providing any attribute relating to the
             contract or the procedure described in the previous PRC
             segment.

0390         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment indicating dates, and relevant times, regarding
             the contract and the procedure identified in the previous
             PRC segment.

0400         EMP, Employment details
             A segment indicating the employment or employer details
             as described in the contract or the procedure.

0410         ADR, Address
             A segment identifying address applying to the contract or
             the procedure.

0420         DOC, Document/message details
             A segment indicating requested documents to be provided
             to apply the contract or the procedure.

0430         IND, Index details
             A segment indicating index of an employee regarding a
             particular procedure.

0440         STS, Status
             A segment indicating the status of an advantage received
             by an employee.

0450         LOC, Place/location identification
             A segment giving a location regarding the procedure
             identified in the previous PRC segment (e.g. location of
             an accident).


0460         Segment group 7: QTY-DTM
             A group of segments indicating quantities and dates
             regarding an employee, for example: the number of working
             days during a given period.

0470            QTY, Quantity
                A segment specifying quantities and dates regarding
                the contract or the procedure.

0480            DTM, Date/time/period
                A segment specifying date and time relating to
                quantities.


0490         Segment group 8: RFF-DTM-GIS
             A group of segments identifying reference(s) relating to
             the contract or the procedure and the corresponding
             period of validity.

0500            RFF, Reference
                A segment identifying any reference(s) relating to the
                contract or the procedure and the corresponding period
                of validity.

0510            DTM, Date/time/period
                A segment indicating the period of validity of the
                referenced contract or procedure.

0520            GIS, General indicator
                A segment specifying indicators relating to a specific
                reference.


0530         Segment group 9: MOA-RFF-DTM
             A group of segments specifying for a given contract or
             procedure amounts and related references and dates.

0540            MOA, Monetary amount
                A segment specifying an amount and amount type basis
                relating to the contract or the procedure.

0550            RFF, Reference
                A segment indicating references relating to an amount.

0560            DTM, Date/time/period
                A segment indication relating dates or periods of
                payment (e.g. last month of payment, date of payment,
                etc) relating to the previous MOA segment.


0570         Segment group 10:PCD-SG11
             A group of segments specifying any related percentages or
             related amounts regarding the contract or the procedure.

0580            PCD, Percentage details
                A segment specifying a percentage that applies to the
                contract or the procedure.


0590            Segment group 11:MOA-DTM
                A group of segments identifying an amount and relating
                periods for which a percentage applies.

0600               MOA, Monetary amount
                   A segment indicating amounts for which the
                   percentage is available.

0610               DTM, Date/time/period
                   A segment indicating periods relating to the
                   previous amounts.


0620   Segment group 12:AUT-DTM
       A group of segments specifying the details of authentication.

0630      AUT, Authentication result
          A segment specifying the details of authentication.

0640      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment identifying the date and when necessary, the time
          of authentication.

0650   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)

          ADR Address
          ATT Attribute
          AUT Authentication result
          BGM Beginning of message
          COM Communication contact
          CTA Contact information
          DOC Document/message details
          DTM Date/time/period
          EMP Employment details
          FII Financial institution information
          FTX Free text
          GIS General indicator
          IND Index details
          LOC Place/location identification
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAT Nationality
          PCD Percentage details
          PDI Person demographic information
          PNA Party identification
          PRC Process identification
          QTY Quantity
          REL Relationship
          RFF Reference
          STS Status
          UNH Message header
          UNS Section control
          UNT Message trailer

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