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UNG -

Group header
UN/EDIFACT Syntax Version 4 Segment List

Function:To head, identify and specify a group of messages and/or packages, which may be used for internal routing and which may contain one or more message types and/or packages.
This segment also occurs in the following versions of this standard:
30000, 40000, 40100

Pos Segment M/C Repeat Repr. Notes
010 0038 Message group identification C 1 an..6
020 S006 APPLICATION SENDER IDENTIFICATION C 1
0040 Application sender identification M an..35
0007 Identification code qualifier C an..4
030 S007 APPLICATION RECIPIENT IDENTIFICATION C 1
0044 Application recipient identification M an..35
0007 Identification code qualifier C an..4
040 S004 DATE AND TIME OF PREPARATION C 1
0017 Date M n8
0019 Time M n4
050 0048 Group reference number M 1 an..14
060 0051 Controlling agency, coded C 1 an..3
070 S008 MESSAGE VERSION C 1
0052 Message version number M an..3
0054 Message release number M an..3
0057 Association assigned code C an..6
080 0058 Application password C 1 an..14

PosPosition
M/CMandatory or Conditional
Repr.Representation (Data or Content Type)
Dependency Notes:
1.D2(010, 060, 070) All or none
Other Notes:
2.This data element is only used if the following conditions apply: i) the group contains messages only, and ii) the messages are of a single message type.
3.S004, if S004 is not present in UNG, the date and time of preparation is the same as indicated for the interchange in S004 in UNB.
4.This data element will be deleted from the UNG segment in the next version of the standard. Therefore its use in UNG is not recommended.
5.The combination of the values carried in data elements S006, S007 and 0048 shall be used to identify uniquely the group within its interchange, for the purpose of acknowledgement.

Change indicators
plus sign An addition.
asterisk Addition/substraction/change to a code entry for a particular data element.
hash or pound sign Changes to names.
vertical bar Changes to text for descriptions, notes and functions.
minus sign A deletion.
letter X Marked for deletion.

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