| EANCOM® 2002 S3 | 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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