CSMS Message: 92-000626

THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE CATAIR, EXTRACT REFERENCE FILE CHAPTER WERE
RECENTLY BROUGHT TO CUSTOMS ATTENTION. PLEASE CHANGE THE STATUS OF RECORD
IDENTIFIERS FW101 AND FW102 TO OPTIONAL AS THESE RECORDS OPERATE INDEPEND-
ENTLY OF EACH OTHER AND DELETE THE STATEMENT "OR GENUS AND SPECIES" FROM
THE INTRODUCTORY TEXT IN THE FW101 RECORD. ALSO, PLEASE CHANGE THE RECORD
LAYOUT OF RECORD IDENTIFIER FW102 TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
DATA ELEMENT LENGTH/CLASS POSITION STATUS DESCRIPTION
CONTROL
IDENTIFIER 2A 1-2 M MUST ALWAYS EQUAL FW.
RECORD TYPE 1N 3 M MUST ALWAYS EQUAL 1.
REFERENCE FILE
CODE 2N 4-5 M MUST ALWAYS EQUAL 02.
FILLER 4AN 6-9 M SPACE FILL.
GENUS 18X 10-27 M THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL CLASS-
IFICATION OF THE SPECIES.
SPECIES 18X 28-45 C THE SECOND BIOLOGICAL CLASS
IFICATION IN THE BINOMIAL.
FILLER 35AN 46-80 M SPACE FILL.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. AS THE SECOND
CATAIR SUPPLEMENT WAS SENT TO THE PRINTER THE END OF OCTOBER, THIS CHANGE
WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT CATAIR SUPPLEMENT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE
SPRING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THESE CHANGES, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.