| Title: | MANUFACTURER UPDATES: TRANSLATION OF "WIEN" "KOLN" |
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| Date: | 2001-08-22 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ABI FILERS
FROM: TRADE SUPPORT BRANCH
SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION OF MANUFACTURER ID'S WITH INVOICE CITY OF
"WIEN", "KOLN", "YANGON" "FIRENZE" OR "MUENCHEN"
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 00-1322, ISSUED OCTOBER 31, 2000 AND
RE-ISSUED MAY 18, 2001 DISCUSSED ISSUES INVOLVING THE FDA INTERFACE.
THE LAST ISSUE DISCUSSED INVOLVED TWO CITIES WITH GERMAN NAMES:
"WIEN" IN AUSTRIA AND "KOLN" IN GERMANY. THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
NAMES FOR THESE CITIES ARE "VIENNA" AND "COLOGNE" RESPECTIVELY. TO
PRECLUDE PROBLEMS IN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY INTERFACES PLEASE USE
"VIENNA" AND "COLOGNE" WHEN CONSTRUCTING MID'S INVOLVING THESE CITIES.
ALL MID'S WITH ISO CODE EQUALS 'AT' FOR AUSTRIA AND PREVIOUSLY ENDING
IN 'WIE' FOR "WIEN" HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO THE ENDING 'VIE'. ALL MID'S
WITH ISO CODE EQUALS 'DE' FOR GERMANY AND PREVIOUSLY ENDING IN 'KOL'
OR 'KOE' FOR "KOLN" OR "KOELN" HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO THE ENDING 'COL'.
PLEASE ADJUST YOUR CURRENT MID RECORDS ACCORDINGLY AND USE 'VIE' AND
'COL' FOR FUTURE MID UPDATES. THREE MORE CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND
ARE "YANGON"; THE CORRECT INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED NAME IS "RANGOON".
"FIRENZE" IS "FLORENCE" AND THE MISSPELLED "MUENCHEN" IS "MUNICH".
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR CURRENT INTERNAL MID RECORDS TO REFLECT THESE
CHANGES AND PLEASE TRANSMIT NEW MID'S WITH THE CORRECT CITY NAME.