EANCOM PART I : EANCOM & EDIFACT

## 7. INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Within data elements in several EANCOM segments reference is made to international (i.e. United Nations (UN) and International Standards Organisation (ISO)) recommendations. These recommendations provide codes for use in multiple sectors and applications which include, but are not restricted to, EDI (for examples, the ISO country codes).

Below you will find a table detailing the international recommendations catered for in EANCOM and the EANCOM segments where they are communicated. At the time of publication the codes listed in EANCOM for international recommendations are based on the latest available version. The identification of the year of release or latest version of each recommendation listed below may be obtained from your national standards or trade facilitation body.

International Recommendation | Deal with what | EANCOM Segment
UN REC 20 | Measure units | DGS - MEA - PRI - QTY
UN REC 19 | Modes of transport | FTX - IMD
ISO 3166 | Country codes | EQD - FII - NAD - SGP
ISO 4217 | Currency codes | CUX - MOA
ISO 639 | Languages | CNI - DOC - FTX - IMD
UN REC 24 | Harmonisation of transport status codes | STS

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