CSMS Message: 04-001240

ATTN: ALL ABI FILERS ESPECIALLY SOFTWARE VENDORS AND SELF PROGRAMMERS:

ABI EDITS FOR PHASE 3 OF THE BTA WILL NOT BE TURNED ON UNTIL
MAY 19TH, 2004.

CERTAIN FDA BTA EDITS AND VALIDATIONS THAT GENERATED WARNING MESSAGES IN
PHASES I AND II WILL GENERATE FATAL ERRORS IN PHASE III. THE CHANGE FROM
WARNING MESSAGES TO FATAL MESSAGES APPLIES ONLY TO PRIOR NOTICE DATA
SUBMITTED WITH ENTRIES (PROGRAM APPLICATIONS HN, HI, AND EI). IT DOES
NOT APPLY TO INDEPENDENT PRIOR NOTICE TRANSACTIONS SUBMITTED THROUGH
APPLICATION WP. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ABI FILER TO CORRECT ALL
ERRORS IN THE BTA TRANSACTION AND RETRANSMIT THE CORRECTED ENTRY FOR
FDA PN AND ADMISSIBILITY PROCESSING.

FDA ENTRIES WITH LINES SUBJECT TO PN MUST FOLLOW THE SAME EDITS AND
VALIDATIONS OF THE CURRENT FDA ENTRIES IN THE CUSTOMS FDA INTERFACE.
IN ADDITION THE FDA PN ENTRY RECORDS MUST CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING DATA:

1) FD01 AND FD05 AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE CODES AND QUALIFIERS AS
DESCRIBED BELOW:
THE FIRST PRIOR NOTICE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE MUST APPEAR IN THE
FD01 RECORD.
IF THE FILER SUBMITS A PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED PRIOR NOTICE CONFIRMATION
NUMBER (PNC) IN LIEU OF PN DATA, THE PNC MUST APPEAR IN THE FD01
RECORD. IF THE PNC IS SENT IN THE FD01 RECORD, DO NOT TRANSMIT
ADDITIONAL PRIOR NOTICE AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE IN THE FD05
RECORDS.
2) FD02. THE FIRST QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE (POSITIONS 5-14 AND
15-18). A MINIMUM OF ONE QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE MUST BE PRESENT
3) FD04.THE CONTACT NAME AND TELEPHONE NUNUMBER (POSITIONS 19-28, 29-38)
THE CONTACT NAME (BOTH FIRST AND LAST) AND TELEPHONE MUST BE PRESENT.

AS A REMINDER, ACS GENERATED WARNING MESSAGES IF ANY OF THE ABOVE DATA
ELEMENTS WERE MISSING DURING PHASES I & II OF THE FDA BTA PRIOR NOTICE.
EFFECTIVE MAY 13, 2004, THE ABI FILER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CORRECTION
AND RETRANSMISSION OF ANY PN ENTRY THAT GENERATES A FATAL ERROR BECAUSE
ANY OF THE ABOVE ELEMENTS IS NOT TRANSMITTED.

ABI ALSO GENERATED A WARNING MESSAGE IF ANY OF THE MANDATORY AFFIRMATION
OF COMPLIANCE CODES WERE ABSENT DURING BTA PHASES I & II. EFFECTIVE
MAY 13, 2004, THE FOLLOWING 17 AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE WILL GENERATE
A FATAL MESSAGE IF THEY ARE MISSING FROM THE BTA PRIOR NOTICE
TRANSACTION:

SUBMITTER:

SLN SUBMITTER LAST NAME IF SLN & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SFN SUBMITTER FIRST NAME IF SFN & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SPN SUBMTR PHONE NUMBER IF SPN & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SFX SUBMITTER FAX NO IF SFX & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SEM SUBMITTER EMAIL IF SEM & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SCN SUBMITTER FIRM NAME IF SCN & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SA1 SBMTR ADDRESS LINE 1 IF SA1 & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SAC SUBMITTER CITY IF SAC & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SAS SBMTR STATE/PROVINCE IF SAS & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SCZ SBMTR ZIP/MAIL CODE IF SCZ & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SCC SBMTR ISO CNTRY CODE IF SCC & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
SFT SUBMITTER FIRM TYPE IF SFT & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT

ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL INFORMATION:

APA ANTICIP PORT ARRIVAL IF APA & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
ADA ANTICIP DATE ARRIVAL IF ADA & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT
ATA ANTICIP TIME ARRIVAL IF ATA & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT

OWNER:

OFT OWNER FIRM TYPE IF OFT & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT

COUNTRY OF SHIPPING

CSH COUNTRY OF SHIPPING IF CSH & QUALIFIER NOT PRESENT ACS WILL REJECT

PLEASE REFER TO ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 03-2619 TRANSMITTED NOVEMBER 4,
2003 FOR SPECIAL EDITS.

FOLLOWING ARE WARNING MESSAGES THAT WILL BE CHANGED TO FATAL ERRORS IN
BTA PRIOR NOTICE PHASE III MAY 13, 2004:

FDP-REQ'D PRIOR NOTICE NOT SUBMITTED CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGF-CONTACT NAME REQ'D FOR FDA PN CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGG-FDA PN MANDATORY FLD MISSING CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FDH-FD-AOC INVALID CONTACT PHONE NO CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGI-"PNC" MUST BE IN THE FD-01 RECORD CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGJ-QTY 1 REQ'D FOR FDA PRIOR NOTICE CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGM-FD04 CONTACT NME,TELE REQD FDA PN CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR

PHASE I AND II WARNING MESSAGES THAT WILL CONTINUE AS IS OR BE CHANGED
TO FATAL ERRORS IN BTA PRIOR NOTICE PHASE III MAY 13, 2004:

FGA-INVALID PRIV.OWNED VEH STATE CDE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FGB-INVALID PRIV.OWNED VEH PROV CDE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FGC-INV PRIV.OWNED VEH CNTRY OF REG CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FGD-INVALID RAIL CAR NUMBER CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FGE-PRIOR NOTICE DATA NOT ALLOWED FATAL ERROR: FD0 TARIFFS ONLY
FGF-CONTACT NAME REQ'D FOR FDA PN CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGG-FDA PN MANDATORY FLD MISSING CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGH-FD-AOC INVALID CONTACT PHONE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FGI-"PNC" MUST BE IN THE FD-01 RECORD CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGJ-QTY 1 REQ'D FOR FDA PRIOR NOTICE CHANGE FROM WARNING TO FATAL ERROR
FGK-FD-AOC: INVALID ZIP/MAIL CODE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FGL-'PFR' INV MANUF. REGIST. EXEMPT CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG0-INVALID PRIVT OWNED VEH LICENSE # CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG1-INVALID MANF/PROC REGISTRATION NO CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG2-INVALID PRODUCER FIRM TYPE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG3-INVALID MFR REGIST. EXEMPTION IND CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG4-INVALID SHIPPER REGISTRATION NBR CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG5-INVALID SUBMITTER FIRM TYPE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG6-INVALID COUNTRY OF SHIPPING CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG7-INVALID OWNER FIRM TYPE CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG8-INVALID PACKAGE/CAN CODES CONTINUES AS FATAL ERROR
FG9-INVLD PRIOR NTCE CONFRM NBR CONT. AS FATAL ERROR (FORMAT ONLY)

IN SUMMARY, EFFECTIVE MAY 13, 2004, IF EITHER A PNC OR PND IS NOT
TRANSMITTED, LACK OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL CAUSE
AN ENTRY TO BE REJECTED:
QUANTITY
CONTACT NAME AND CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER
SUBMITTER (12 AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE)
ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL INFORMATION (TO INCLUDE PORT, DATE, TIME)
OWNER FIRM TYPE
COUNTRY OF SHIPPING

THE ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO ENTRIES SUBMITTED IN APPLICATIONS HN, HI, EI.

PLEASE NOTE ABI EDITS FOR PHASE 3 OF THE BTA WILL NOT BE TURNED ON UNTIL
MAY 19, 2004

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #04-001406