CSMS Message: 94-001078

Title:AII CHANGES
Date:1994-11-02
To:abi
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THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE ABI REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE C02 AND C42 RECORD, THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE AND TO
THE EDIFACT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CUSDEC. THEY CONSIST OF SEVERAL
MINOR CHANGES, SUCH AS THE ADDITION OR CHANGE OF CODES, E.G. ABI
TERMS OF PAYMENT CODES CHANGED TO CORRESPOND TO THE EDIFACT
CODES, BUT INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE C05, C06, C07, AND C49 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF REPORTING PACKAGE IDENTITY. FOUR NEW RECORDS: CA1,
CB1, CC1 AND CD1 HAVE BEEN CREATED TO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES.
CORRESPONDING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EDIFACT GROUP 12 PCI
(PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION) AND GROUP 21 PCI (PACKAGE
IDENTIFICATION). THESE CHANGES ALLOW REPORTING OF PACKAGE
IDENTITY FOR A SINGLE SHIPPING UNIT OR RANGE OF SHIPPING UNIT
PACKAGES AND SUBLEVEL UNIT PACKAGES. THESE CHANGES WILL BECOME
AVAILABLE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 12, 1995.

ABI/AII CHANGES:

1. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE RECORD FORMAT OF EITHER THE C02 OR
C42. BUT, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR SYSTEM EDITS TO ALLOW FOR THE C02
AND C42 TO BE REPEATED AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY. EDITS FOR THE USE
OF THE PAYMENT TERMS CODES "15" (NO CHARGE) AND "99" (OTHER) WILL CHANGE.
THE EDIT FOR LINE UNIT PRICE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
IF THE PAYMENT TERMS OF ONE C02 OR ONE C42 IS "15" (NO
CHARGE), ANY OTHER REPETITIONS OF THE C02 OR C42 MUST BE "99"
(OTHER).
IF ONE OF THE C02 PAYMENT TERMS IS "15", ALL INVOICE LINE
UNIT PRICES MUST EQUAL "0" (ZERO).
IF THE PAYMENT TERMS OF ONE C42 IS "15", JUST THE UNIT PRICE
FOR THAT LINE MUST EQUAL "0" (ZERO).
(NOTE: THE EDITS APPLYING TO THE USER OF THE C17 AND C18 IN
CONJUNCTION WITH PAYMENT TERMS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

2. CHANGE TWO VALID PAYMENT TERMS TYPE CODES USED FOR THE C02
RECORD IDENTIFIER AND C42 RECORD IDENTIFIER TO MATCH THOSE OF THE
EDIFACT CUSDEC MESSAGE:

OLD CODE NEW CODE DESCRIPTION
12 20 PENALTY TERMS
14 22 DISCOUNT TERMS

3. CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE C05, C06, C07 RECORDS AND NEW
CA1 AND CB1 RECORDS ADDED TO ENABLE FILERS TO REPORT RANGES OF
SHIPPING AND PACKAGING UNITS AT THE INVOICE HEADER LEVEL AND TO
PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF FREE-FORM NARRATIVE TO REPORT THE SHIPPING
PACKAGE MARKS, NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS DATA.

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RECORD IDENTIFIER C05 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE HEADER INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES DATA PERTAINING TO THE NUMBER OF SHIPPING UNITS AND THE
TYPE OF SHIPPING UNIT. WHEN REPORTED, THIS RECORD IS USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH RECORD IDENTIFIERS C06 AND C07 TO IDENTIFY THE
OUTERMOST PACKING UNIT (I.E. SHIPPING UNIT) IN OR ON WHICH THE
INVOICED MERCHANDISE WAS TRANSPORTED. (A CONTAINER WOULD BE ONE
EXAMPLE OF A SHIPPING UNIT.) FOR EACH TYPE OF SHIPPING UNIT, A
SEPARATE C05 RECORD IS REQUIRED.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2N 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = 05.
TYPE

NUMBER OF 15N 4-18 M THE NUMBER OF OUTER-
SHIPPING UNITS MOST SHIPPING UNITS
FOR THE TYPE OF
SHIPPING UNITS REPORTED
IN POSITIONS 19-23.

TYPE OF SHIPPING 5A 19-23 M A CODE REPRESENTING
UNIT THE TYPE OF SHIPPING
UNIT. VALID CODES ARE
LISTED IN APPENDIX B OF THE
CATAIR.

FILLER 57AN 24-80 M SPACE FILL.
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RECORD IDENTIFIER C06 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE HEADER INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES DATA PERTAINING TO A SHIPPING UNIT IDENTITY AND A PART
PACKAGE INDICATOR. (A CONTAINER NUMBER WOULD BE ONE EXAMPLE OF A
SHIPPING UNIT IDENTITY) THERE MUST BE ONE C06 PER C05, BUT THERE
MAY BE MANY.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2-3 2N M MUST ALWAYS = 06.
IDENTIFIER

SHIPPING UNIT 17X 4-20 M THE IDENTIFYING
IDENTITY REFERENCE LOCATED ON
THE SHIPPING UNIT THAT
IS BEING REPORTED
(E.G. ABCD-023756 FOR
A CONTAINER)

PART PACKAGE 1N 21 M A CODE INDICATING
INDICATOR WHETHER THE SHIPPING
UNIT IS ONLY PARTIALLY
COVERED BY THE INVOICE OR
IS WHOLLY COVERED. A
CODE OF 1 INDICATES
THAT ONLY PART OF THE
SHIPPING UNIT IS COVERED
BY THE INVOICE. A CODE
OF 0 (ZERO) INDICATES
THAT THE ENTIRE SHIPPING
UNIT IS COVERED BY THE
INVOICE.

FILLER 59AN 22-80 M SPACE FILL.
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RECORD IDENTIFIER C07 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE HEADER INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES DATA ON PACKAGING UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN A SHIPPING
UNIT. INDIVIDUAL PACKAGING UNITS OR PACKAGING UNITS WITHIN A
CONTINUOUS RANGE ARE REPORTED ON THE C07 RECORD. PACKAGING UNIT
IDENTITIES MUST BE UNIQUE UNLESS THEY REFER TO DIFFERENT SHIPPING
UNITS. THAT IS, THE COMBINATION OF SHIPPING UNIT AND PACKAGING
UNIT IDENTITY MUST BE UNIQUE.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2N 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = 07.
TYPE

PACKAGING UNIT 17X 4-20 M THE IDENTIFYING 1
IDENTITY (1) OF THE FIRST UNIT
REFERENCE OF THE UNIT
PACKED IMMEDIATELY
WITHIN THE SHIPPING
UNIT IDENTIFIED IN
POSITIONS 4-20 OF THE
PRECEDING C06 RECORD.
WHEN RANGES OF PACKAGING
UNITS WITHIN A SHIPPING
UNIT ARE REPORTED,
POSITIONS 4-20 OF THIS
RECORD REPRESENT THE FIRST
PACKAGING UNIT WITH THE
RANGE.

PACKAGING UNIT 17X 21-37 C THE IDENTIFYING REFERENCE 1
IDENTITY (2) OF THE LAST UNIT WITHIN A
CONTINUOUS RANGE OF
PACKAGING UNITS PACKED
IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE
SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFIED
IN POSITIONS 4-20 OF THE
PREVIOUS C06 RECORD. IF
MULTIPLE PACKAGING UNITS
ARE NOT WITHIN A CONTINUOUS
RANGE, SPACE FILL POSITIONS
39-55 AND REPORT SPECIFIC
C07 RECORDS IN POSITIONS
4-20

FILLER 43AN 38-80 M SPACE FILL.
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NOTE #1:
PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY (1) (POS 4-20) IS USED TO REPORT THE
FIRST INDIVIDUAL PACKAGING UNIT CONTAINED WITHIN THE SHIPPING
UNIT REPORTED IN POSITIONS 4-20 OF THE C06 RECORD.
ADDITIONAL PACKAGING UNITS WITHIN THE SAME SHIPPING UNIT ARE
TO BE REPORTED ON INDIVIDUAL C07 RECORDS.
RANGES OF SEQUENTIAL PACKAGING UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
SHIPPING UNIT REPORTED IN POSITIONS 4-20 OF THIS RECORD MAY BE
REPORTED BY SENDING THE BEGINNING PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY OF THE
RANGE IN POSITIONS 4-20 AND THE ENDING PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY OF
THE RANGE IN POSITIONS 21-27.
IF THE PACKAGING UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN THE RANGE ARE NOT
SEQUENTIALLY INCLUSIVE, POSITIONS 21-27 SHOULD BE SPACE FILLED
AND EACH PACKAGING UNIT REPORTED INDIVIDUALLY.
PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITIES MUST BE UNIQUE UNLESS THEY REFER
TO DIFFERENT SHIPPING UNITS. THAT IS, THE COMBINATION OF
SHIPPING UNIT AND PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY MUST BE UNIQUE.
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RECORD IDENTIFIER CA1 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE HEADER INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES THE DATA PERTAINING TO THE SHIPPING SYMBOLS ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE PACKING UNIT IDENTIFIED IN THE C07 RECORD
POSITIONS 4-20 OR RANGES OF PACKAGING UNITS AS REPORTED IN
POSITIONS 4-20 (BEGINNING) AND 21-37 (ENDING) ON THE C07 RECORD.
WHEN THE CA1 IS USED, THERE IS ONLY ONE PER C07.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2AN 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = A1.
TYPE

SHIPPING SYMBOL 70X 4-37 M FREE-FORM DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION OF SHIPPING SYMBOL.
EXAMPLE: INITIALS Z.K.M.
INSIDE DIAMOND.

FILLER 7AN 74-80 M SPACE FILL.
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RECORD IDENTIFIER CB1 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE HEADER INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DATA PERTAINING TO THE SHIPPING MARKS AND
NUMBERS ON THE OUTSIDE OF EACH PACKING UNIT IDENTIFIED IN THE C07
RECORD POSITIONS 4-20 OR RANGES OF PACKAGING UNITS AS REPORTED IN
POSITIONS 4-20 (BEGINNING) AND 21-37 (ENDING) OF THE C07 RECORD.
WHEN THE CA1 IS REPORTED, THERE MUST BE ONE CB1, BUT THERE MAY BE
MANY. REPEAT AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY ALL REMAINING
SHIPPING MARKS AND NUMBERS.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2AN 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = B1.
TYPE

MARKS & 70X 4-73 M FREE-FORM TEXT WHICH
NUMBERS DESCRIBES, IN FULL,
THE SHIPPING MARKS &
NUMBERS FOUND ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE SHIPPING
UNIT IDENTIFIED IN THE
PREVIOUS C07 RECORD
POSITIONS 4-20 OR
CONTINUOUS RANGES OF
PACKAGING UNITS REPORTED
IN POSITIONS 4-20 AND 21-37.

FILLER 7AN 74-80 M SPACE FILL.
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4. CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE C49 AND NEW CC1 AND CD1 RECORDS
ADDED TO ENABLE FILERS TO REPORT RANGES OF SUBLEVEL SHIPPING AND
PACKAGING UNITS AT THE LINE LEVEL AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF
FREE-FORM NARRATIVE TO REPORT THE SUBLEVEL SHIPPING PACKAGE
MARKS, NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS DATA.
THE PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY TRANSMITTED IN THE C49 RECORD IS
NOT REQUIRED TO CORRESPOND TO THE PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY IN THE
C07. BUT HERE AGAIN, THE PACKING UNIT IDENTITIES MUST BE UNIQUE
UNLESS THEY REFER TO DIFFERENT SHIPPING UNITS. THAT IS, THE
COMBINATION OF PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY AND SHIPPING UNIT MUST BE
UNIQUE.

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RECORD IDENTIFIER C49 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE LINE-ITEM INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES DATA PERTAINING TO A PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY, A PART
PACKAGE INDICATOR, AND EITHER ONE SUBLEVEL UNIT IDENTITY CONTAINED
WITHIN THE PACKAGING UNIT OR A CONTINUOUS RANGE OF SUBLEVEL UNITS
WITHIN THE PACKAGING UNIT. THIS RECORD MAY BE REPEATED AS OFTEN AS
NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE SUBLEVEL UNITS OR RANGES OF UNITS.

DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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RECORD 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2N 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = 49.
TYPE

PACKAGING UNIT 17X 4-20 M THE IDENTIFYING
IDENTITY REFERENCE OF THE
SUBLEVEL UNIT
BEING REPORTED.

PART PACKAGE 1N 21 M A CODE INDICATING
INDICATOR WHETHER OR NOT THE
SHIPPING UNIT IS
PARTIALLY USED FOR
THE INVOICE. A CODE
OF 1 INDICATES THAT
ONLY PART OF THE
SHIPPING UNIT IS
COVERED BY THE INVOICE.
A CODE OF 0 (ZERO)
INDICATES THAT THE
ENTIRE SHIPPING UNIT
IS COVERED BY THE
INVOICE.

SUBLEVEL UNIT 17X 22-38 M THE IDENTIFYING 1
REFERENCE OF THE FIRST
UNIT PACKED IMMEDIATELY
WITHIN THE PACKAGING
UNIT IDENTIFIED IN
POSITIONS 4-20 OF THIS
RECORD. WHEN REPORTING
CONTINUOUS RANGES OF SUBLEVEL
PACKAGING UNITS, POSITIONS
22-38 OF THIS RECORD
REPRESENTS THE FIRST SUBLEVEL
UNIT WITHIN THE RANGE.

SUBLEVEL UNIT 17X 39-55 M THE IDENTIFYING 1
IDENTITY (2) REFERENCE OF THE LAST
UNIT WITHIN A CONTINUOUS
RANGE OF SUBLEVEL UNITS
PACKED IMMEDIATELY WITHIN
THE PACKAGING UNIT
IDENTIFIED IN POSITIONS
4-20 OF THIS RECORD. IF
A MULTIPLE PACKAGING UNITS
ARE NOT WITHIN A CONTINUOUS
RANGE, SPACE FILL POSITIONS
39-55 AND REPORT SPECIFIC
PACKAGING UNITS ON SEPARATE
C49 RECORDS IN POSITIONS
22-38.
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NOTE #1:
SUBLEVEL UNIT IDENTITY (1) (POS 22-38) IS USED TO REPORT THE
FIRST SUBLEVEL UNIT CONTAINED WITHIN THE PACKING UNIT REPORTED IN
POSITIONS 4-20 OF THE C07 RECORD AND FURTHER REFERENCED HERE ON
THE C49 RECORD (POS 22-38).
ADDITIONAL SUBLEVEL UNITS WITHIN THAT SAME PACKAGING UNIT
ARE TO BE REPORTED ON INDIVIDUAL C49 RECORDS.
RANGES OF SEQUENTIAL SUBLEVEL UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
PACKAGING UNIT REPORTED IN POSITIONS 4-20 OF THIS RECORD MAY BE
REPORTED BY SENDING THE BEGINNING SUBLEVEL UNIT IDENTITY OF THE
RANGE IN POSITIONS 39-55.
IF THE SUBLEVEL UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN THE RANGE ARE NOT
SEQUENTIALLY INCLUSIVE, POSITIONS 39-55 SHOULD BE SPACE FILLED
AND EACH PACKAGING UNIT REPORTED INDIVIDUALLY.
PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITIES MUST BE UNIQUE UNLESS THEY REFER
TO DIFFERENT SHIPPING UNITS. THAT IS, THE COMBINATION OF
SHIPPING UNIT AND PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY MUST BE UNIQUE.
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RECORD IDENTIFIER CC1 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE LINE LEVEL INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES THE DATA PERTAINING TO THE SHIPPING SYMBOLS ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE SUBLEVEL UNITS IDENTIFIED IN THE C49 RECORD
POSITIONS 22-38 OR RANGES OF SUBLEVEL UNITS IN POSITIONS 22-38
(BEGINNING) AND 39-55 (ENDING) OF THE C49 RECORD. WHEN THE CC1
IS USED, THERE IS ONLY ONE PER C49 RECORD.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2AN 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = C1.
TYPE

SHIPPING SYMBOL 70X 4-73 M FREE-FORM DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION OF SHIPPING SYMBOL.
EXAMPLE: INITIALS Z.K.M.
INSIDE DIAMOND.

FILLER 7AN 74-80 M SPACE FILL.
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RECORD IDENTIFIER CD1 (INPUT)
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THIS IS A CONDITIONAL INVOICE LINE LEVEL INPUT RECORD THAT
PROVIDES DATA PERTAINING TO THE SHIPPING MARKS AND NUMBERS ON THE
OUTSIDE OF EACH SUBLEVEL UNIT IDENTIFIED IN THE C49 RECORD
POSITIONS 22-38, OR RANGES OF SUBLEVEL UNITS REPORTED IN
POSITIONS 22-38 (BEGINNING) AND 39-55 (ENDING) OF THE C49 RECORD.
WHEN THE CC1 IS USED, THERE MUST BE ONE CD1, BUT THERE MAY BE
MANY. REPEAT AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY ALL REMAINING
SHIPPING MARKS AND NUMBERS.

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DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS STATUS DESCRIPTION NOTE
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CONTROL 1A 1 M MUST ALWAYS = C.
IDENTIFIER

RECORD 2AN 2-3 M MUST ALWAYS = D1.
TYPE

MARKS & 70X 4-73 M FREE-FORM TEXT WHICH
NUMBERS DESCRIBES, IN FULL,
THE SHIPPING MARKS &
NUMBERS FOUND ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE SUBLEVEL
UNIT IDENTIFIED IN THE
C49 RECORD POSITIONS
22-38 OR CONTINUOUS
RANGES OF SUBLEVEL UNITS
REPORTED IN POSITIONS
22-38 AND 39-55.

FILLER 7AN 74-80 M SPACE FILL.
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5. THE LIST OF VALID PARTY QUALIFIER CODES IN NOTE 1 FOR THE C08
NOW INCLUDES ALL THE FOLLOWING CODES:

CODE DESCRIPTION CODE DESCRIPTION

AB BUYING AGENT MF MANUFACTURER
BY BUYER SE SELLER
CB CUSTOMS BROKER SR SELLING AGENT
EX EXPORTER SU SUPPLIER
II INVOICER UC ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE
IM IMPORTER

6. THE TEXT OF NOTE 2 FOR C08 RECORD IDENTIFIER IS CHANGED TO
THE FOLLOWING:

A PARTY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED FOR THE IMPORTER AND ULTIMATE
CONSIGNEE. THE NAME AND ADDRESS IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER
REPORTED PARTIES. FOR PARTY QUALIFIER CODES: SU, II AND MF, THE
NAME, ADDRESS, AND MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER CODE MUST BE REPORTED AS
DESCRIBED IN CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1986.
VALID FORMATS FOR THE PARTY NUMBER ARE:

NN-NNNNNNNXX INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
(IRS NUMBER)
YYDDPP-NNNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER
NNN-NN-NNNN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

IN THESE CODES, N = NUMBER, X = ALPHANUMERIC, YY = THE LAST TWO
DIGITS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR WHEN THE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED, AND DDPP
= THE DISTRICT/PORT CODE WHERE THE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED.

IF THE PARTY NUMBER IS IN IRS FORMAT AND THE LAST TWO POSITIONS
ARE BLANK, ACS CONVERTS THE BLANKS TO ZEROS SO THAT THE FILE
SEARCH ARGUMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CUSTOMS IMPORTER FILE.
ACS OUTPUT DATA MAY SHOW THE LAST TWO POSITIONS OF THE IMPORTER
OF RECORD NUMBER AS ZEROS WHEN TWO BLANKS WERE INPUT.

7. THE TABLE OF TERMS OF DELIVERY CODES FOR USE WITH RECORD
IDENTIFIER C13 AND RECORD IDENTIFIER C43 HAS BEEN CHANGED. THE
CODE "CFR" HAS BEEN CHANGED TO "CAF". THIS CHANGE WAS MADE SO
THAT ALL CODES LISTED IN THE TABLE OF TERMS OF DELIVERY CODES
MATCH THE EDIFACT CUSDEC ELEMENT 4035. THUS, FOR USE WITH THE
C13 AND C43 RECORD IDENTIFIER, "CAF" BECOMES ONE OF THE VALID
TERMS OF DELIVERY WHICH CAN BE USED WITH THE LOCATION QUALIFIER
CODE LI (PORT OF DISCHARGE).
ALSO, FOR THE C13 RECORD IDENTIFIER, CHANGE UNDER NOTE 2 CFR
SHOULD BE CHANGED TO CAF.

8. DELETE RECORD IDENTIFIER C50 (INPUT). THIS RECORD IS NO
LONGER USED. THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS RECORD WILL BE DELETED FROM
THE CATAIR.

9. THE LIST OF VALID REASON FOR DIFFERENCE CODES IN NOTE 1 FOR
THE C39 RECORD IDENTIFIER HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FIVE NEW
CODES:

CODE DESCRIPTION

BQ BALANCING QUANTITY
PD PACK DIMENSION DIFFERENCE
PW PACK WEIGHT DIFFERENCE
PZ PACK SIZE DIFFERENCE
SS SHORT SHIPPED

NOTE: "PS" (PRODUCT/SERVICE IDENTIFICATION CHARGE) REMAINS A
VALID REASON CODE.

10. NOTE 1 FOR THE C58 RECORD IDENTIFIER IS CHANGED TO THE
FOLLOWING:

CODE DESCRIPTION

AB BUYING AGENT
BY BUYING PARTY
CB CUSTOMS BROKER
CN CONSIGNEE
EX EXPORTER
II INVOICER
IM IMPORTER
MF MANUFACTURER
SE SELLER
SR SELLING AGENT
UC ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE

FOR EACH PARTY CITED, ADDITIONAL DATA MUST BE PROVIDED. (A
PARTY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE, WHILE
THE NAME AND ADDRESS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER REPORTED PARTIES.
FOR CODE MF, THE NAME, ADDRESS AND MANUFACTURER ARE REQUIRED.
REFER TO CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1986, FOR
INSTRUCTIONS ON DETERMINING THE MANUFACTURER CODE.)
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PARTY QUALIFIER CODE "SU" IS NOT ALLOWED AT THE INVOICE LINE
LEVEL. THE SUPPLIER PARTY NUMBER SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE SAME AT
THE HEADER AND LINE LEVELS OF THE INVOICE. DIFFERENT SUPPLIER
ID'S SHOULD BE REPORTED AS SEPARATE INVOICES.

ALSO, NOTE 2 IS CHANGED TO THE FOLLOWING:

A PARTY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE. THE
NAME AND ADDRESS IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER REPORTED PARTIES. FOR
THE PARTY QUALIFIER CODE "MF", THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND
MANUFACTURER ID MUST BE REPORTED AS DESCRIBED IN CUSTOMS
DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1986. VALID FORMATS FOR
THE OTHER PARTY CODES ARE:

NN-NNNNNNNXX INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
(IRS NUMBER)
NNN-NN-NNNN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
YYDDPP-NNNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER

IN THESE CODES, N = NUMBER, X = ALPHANUMERIC, YY= THE LAST TWO
DIGITS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR WHEN THE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED, AND DDPP
= THE DISTRICT/PORT CODE WHERE THE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED.

IF THE IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBER IS IN IRS FORMAT AND THE LAST
TWO POSITIONS ARE BLANK, ACS CONVERTS THE BLANKS TO ZEROS SO THAT
THE FILE SEARCH ARGUMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH CUSTOMS IMPORTER
FILE. ACS OUTPUT DATA MAY SHOW THE LAST TWO POSITIONS OF THE
IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBER AS ZEROS WHEN TWO BLANKS WERE INPUT.
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EDIFACT CHANGES:

1. CHANGES TO UNH:

UNH MESSAGE HEADER
--- ------- ------

CHANGED ITEMS ARE:
U.S. CUSTOMS USAGE
S009 MESSAGE IDENTIFIER
0057 ASSOCIATION C AN..6 ASSOCIATION ASSIGNED CODE C AN..6
ASSIGNED CODE

0062 MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER (SAME): AN..14

0052 MESSAGE TYPE VERSION (SAME): 2

0057 CUSTOMS ASSIGNED CODE: 1
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2. CHANGES TO GROUP 9:

GROUP 9
TOD/FTX

TOD TERMS OF DELIVERY
--- ----- -- --------

THE USE OF DATA ELEMENTS 1131 AND 3055 IS ELIMINATED.
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3. CHANGES TO GROUP 10:

GROUP 10
(NAD/DCR)

NAD NAME AND ADDRESS
--- ---- --- -------

FOR PARTY QUALIFIER 3055 ELEMENT, THE CODE "CN" (CONSIGNEE) IS
DELETED. NEW CODE "II" (INVOICE ISSUER) IS ADDED.

USE OF CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER (OLD) DDPP-NNNNN IS ELIMINATED.
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4. CHANGES TO GROUP 12:

GROUP 12
PCI/GIN

THE USE OF THE C210 AND 7102 ELEMENTS IS CHANGED TO PERMIT
REPORTING OF SYMBOLS, MARKS AND NUMBERS FOR RANGES OF PACKAGES.

PURPOSE: TO SPECIFY MARKINGS AND LABELS ON INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES
OR PHYSICAL UNITS AND TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS,
EITHER AS SINGLE NUMBERS OR RANGES.

PCI PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION
--- ------- --------------

U.S. CUSTOMS USAGE
4233 MARKING INSTRUCTIONS,
CODED C AN..3

C210 MARKS & LABELS C
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 PACKAGING UNIT ID C AN17
RANGE INDICATOR C AN1
PACKAGING UNIT ID
RANGE END C AN..17
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS C AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES LISTED IN
FIRST DATA ELEMENT
7102
C506 REFERENCE C
1153 REFERENCE QUALIFIER M AN..3 REFERENCE QUALIFIER M
1154 REFERENCE NUMBER C AN..35 SHIPPING UNIT IDENTITY M
1156 LINE NUMBER C AN..6

C507 DATE/TIME/PERIOD C
2005 DATE/TIME/PERIOD
QUALIFIER M AN..3
2380 DATE/TIME/PERIOD M AN..35
2379 DATE/TIME/PERIOD M AN..3
FORMAT QUALIFIER

8275 CONTAINER/PACKAGE
STATUS, CODED C AN..3 PART PACKAGE INDICATOR M

GIN GOOD IDENTITY NUMBER
--- ---- -------- ------

U.S. CUSTOMS DOES NOT USE THE GIN SEGMENT AT THIS LEVEL.
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5. CHANGES TO GROUP 12:

GROUP 12 PCI

PCI PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION
--- ------- --------------

PURPOSE: THIS CONDITIONAL SEGMENT IS REPEATED AS OFTEN AS
NECESSARY TO ALPHANUMERICALLY IDENTIFY EACH OUTERMOST SHIPPING
UNIT, AND EACH NEXT LEVEL PACKAGING UNIT THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN
THAT OUTERMOST UNIT.

7102 SHIPPING MARKS (PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY): AN..17
THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102 CONTAINS THE IDENTITY REFERENCE
OF ONE OR MORE UNITS PACKED IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE SHIPPING
UNIT THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN DATA ELEMENT 1154 BELOW. IF A
SINGLE PACKAGE IS BEING REPORTED, POSITIONS 18 THRU 35 MUST
BE BLANK. IF A RANGE OF PACKAGES IS BEING REPORTED,
POSITION 18 MUST EQUAL "R" (RANGE) AND POSITIONS 19-35
CONTAIN THE ENDING MARKS AND NUMBERS OF THE RANGE.

WHEN THE 7102 IS USED TO REPORT MARKS AND NUMBERS, THE
ENTIRE 35 POSITIONS MAY BE USED.

THE SECOND THRU TENTH DATA ELEMENT 7102 ARE USED FOR
SHIPPING SYMBOL OR MARKS AND NUMBERS OF PACKAGES WITHIN THE
PACKAGE LISTED IN THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102.

IF MORE THAN NINE DATA ELEMENTS 7102 ARE NEEDED TO REPORT
THE SHIPPING SYMBOL OR MARKS AND NUMBERS FOR THE PACKAGES
IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102, THE FOLLOWING IS
REQUIRED:
- REPEAT THE PCI SEGMENT
- WITH C506, DATA ELEMENT 8275, C210, AND FIRST
7102, CONTAINING THE SAME INFORMATION AS IN THE
FIRST PCI SEGMENT.
- USE THE 2ND THRU 10TH DATA ELEMENT 7102 TO CONTINUE
REPORTING THE SHIPPING SYMBOL OR MARKS AND NUMBERS
IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102.

IN SUCH INSTANCES, THE PCI CAN BE REPEATED AS OFTEN AS
NECESSARY TO REPORT THE SYMBOL, MARKS AND NUMBERS.

WHEN THE 7102 IS USED TO REPORT SYMBOLS, THE FIRST THREE
POSITIONS MUST CONTAIN THE ACRONYM "SYM" AND THE NEXT 32
POSITIONS CAN CONTAIN SYMBOL DESCRIPTION OR CONTINUATION
OF SYMBOL DESCRIPTION BEGUN ON A PRECEDING 7102. NO MORE
THAN THREE (3) 7102 DATA ELEMENTS CAN BE USED TO REPORT THE
SYMBOLS AND THE THIRD CAN ONLY USE POSITIONS 4 THRU 9 TO
REPORT CONTINUATION; ANY OTHER DATA WILL BE DROPPED.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO USE A RANGE, ALL SYMBOLS MUST BE THE
SAME.

1153 REFERENCE QUALIFIER (SAME): ACI

1154 REFERENCE NUMBER (SHIPPING UNIT IDENTITY): AN..17
THE IDENTIFYING REFERENCE FOUND ON THE SINGLE OUTERMOST
SHIPPING UNIT BEING REPORTED.
FOR EXAMPLE: 'ABCD01234567' TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC
CONTAINER.

8275 CONTAINER/PACKAGE STATUS, CODED (PART PACKAGE INDICATOR):
5 OR 6
A CODE TO INDICATE WHETHER THIS SHIPPING UNIT IS ONLY
PARTIALLY USED FOR THIS INVOICE. FIVE (5) INDICATES THAT
THE ENTIRE UNIT IS COVERED BY THE INVOICE, WHILE SIX (6)
MEANS THAT ONLY PART OF THE SHIPPING UNIT IS COVERED BY
THIS INVOICE.
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6. CHANGES TO GROUP 17:

GROUP 17
TOD/FTX

TOD TERMS OF DELIVERY
--- ----- -- --------

FOR TOD TERMS OF DELIVERY 1131 DATA ELEMENT, CODE LIST QUALIFIER
AND TOD TERMS OF DELIVERY 3055 DATA ELEMENT, CODE LIST
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY, CODE ARE NO LONGER USED IN THE C100 BY U.S.
CUSTOMS.

7. CHANGES TO GROUP 15:

GROUP 15
NAD NAME AND ADDRESS
--- ---- --- -------

FOR PARTY QUALIFIER 3055 ELEMENT, THE FOLLOWING FIVE NEW CODES
CAN BE USED:

CB - CUSTOMS BROKER
EX - EXPORTER
II - INVOICER
IM - IMPORTER
UC - ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE

USE OF CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER (OLD) DDPP-NNNN IS ELIMINATED.

8. CHANGES TO GROUP 21:

GROUP 21
PCI/GIN

PCI PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION
--- ------- --------------
U.S. CUSTOMS USAGE
4233 MARKING INSTRUCTIONS,
CODED C AN..3

C210 MARKS & LABELS C
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SUBLEVEL UNIT ID C AN17
RANGE INDICATOR C AN1
SUBLEVEL UNIT ID
RANGE END C AN..17
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102
7102 SHIPPING MARKS M AN..35 SHIPPING SYMBOL OR C
MARKS & NUMBERS OF
PACKAGES IN THE
PACKAGE FIELD LISTED
IN THE FIRST DATA
ELEMENT 7102

C506 REFERENCE C
1153 REFERENCE QUALIFIER M AN..3 REFERENCE QUALIFIER M
1154 REFERENCE NUMBER C AN..35 PACKAGE UNIT IDENTITY M
1156 LINE NUMBER C AN..6

C507 DATE/TIME/PERIOD C
2005 DATE/TIME/PERIOD
QUALIFIER M AN..3
2380 DATE/TIME/PERIOD M AN..35
2379 DATE/TIME/PERIOD
FORMAT QUALIFIER M AN..3

8275 CONTAINER/PACKAGE
STATUS, CODED C AN..3 PART PACKAGE INDICATOR M
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PCI PACKAGE IDENTIFICATION
--- ------- --------------

PURPOSE: THIS CONDITIONAL SEGMENT IS REPEATED AS OFTEN AS
NECESSARY TO ALPHANUMERICALLY IDENTIFY EACH PACKAGING UNIT, AND
EACH SUBLEVEL UNIT THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN THAT PACKAGE UNIT.

7102 SHIPPING MARKS (SUBLEVEL UNIT IDENTITY): AN..17
THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102 CONTAINS THE IDENTITY REFERENCE
OF ONE OR MORE SUBLEVEL UNITS PACKED IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE
SHIPPING UNIT THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN DATA ELEMENT 1154
BELOW. IF A SINGLE SUBLEVEL PACKAGE IS BEING REPORTED,
POSITIONS 18 THRU 35 MUST BE BLANK. IF MORE THAN ONE
PACKAGE IS BEING REPORTED, POSITION 18 MUST EQUAL "R"
(RANGE) AND POSITIONS 19-35 CONTAIN THE ENDING MARKS AND
NUMBERS OF THE RANGE.

WHEN THE 7102 IS USED TO REPORT MARKS AND NUMBERS, THE
ENTIRE 35 POSITIONS MAY BE USED.

THE SECOND THRU TENTH DATA ELEMENT 7102 ARE USED FOR
SHIPPING SYMBOL OR MARKS AND NUMBERS FOR THE PACKAGES
IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102, THE FOLLOWING IS
REQUIRED:
- REPEAT THE PCI SEGMENT
- WITH C506 DATA ELEMENT, 8275, C210, AND FIRST
7102, CONTAINING THE SAME INFORMATION AS IN
THE FIRST PCI SEGMENT.
- USE THE 2ND THRU 10TH DATA ELEMENT 7102 TO CONTINUE
REPORTING THE SHIPPING SYMBOL OR MARKS AND NUMBERS
IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT 7102.

IN SUCH INSTANCES, THE PCI CAN BE REPEATED AS OFTEN AS
NECESSARY TO REPORT THE SYMBOL, MARKS AND NUMBERS.

WHEN THE 7102 IS USED TO REPORT SYMBOLS, THE FIRST THREE
POSITIONS MUST CONTAIN THE ACRONYM "SYM" AND THE NEXT 32
POSITIONS CAN CONTAIN SYMBOL DESCRIPTION OR CONTINUATION
OF SYMBOL DESCRIPTION BEGUN ON A PRECEDING 7102. NO MORE
THAN THREE (3) 7102 DATA ELEMENTS CAN BE USED TO REPORT
THE SYMBOLS AND THE THIRD CAN ONLY USE POSITIONS 4-9 TO
REPORT CONTINUATION; ANY OTHER DATA WILL BE DROPPED.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO USE A RANGE, ALL SYMBOLS MUST BE THE
SAME.

1153 REFERENCE QUALIFIER (SAME): ACH

1154 REFERENCE NUMBER (PACKAGING UNIT IDENTITY): AN..17
THE IDENTIFYING REFERENCE FOUND ON THE PACKAGING UNIT BEING
REPORTED.

8275 CONTAINER/PACKAGE STATUS, CODED (PART PACKAGE INDICATOR):
5 OR 6
A CODE TO INDICATE WHETHER THIS PACKAGING UNIT IS ONLY
PARTIALLY USED FOR THIS INVOICE. FIVE (5) INDICATES THAT
THE ENTIRE UNIT IS COVERED BY THE INVOICE, WHILE SIX (6)
MEANS THAT ONLY PART OF THE PACKAGING UNIT IS COVERED BY
THIS INVOICE.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES, PLEASE
CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #95-000030, 94-001181