EANCOM® 2002 S3 | PART I | EANCOM & EDIFACT | 2002-12-01

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 | Units of Measure | DGS - MEA - PRI - QTY
UN REC 19 | Modes of transport | FTX - TDT
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
UN REC 5 | Incoterms | TOD
UN REC 21 | Type of Packages | PAC
UN REC 28 | Codes for types of means of transport | TDT
UN REC 16 | LOCODE - Code for Ports and other Locations | NAD - LOC

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