0. INTRODUCTION
1. SCOPE
   1. Functional definition
   2. Field of application
   3. Principles
2. REFERENCES
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
   1. Standard terms and definitions
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
   1. Segment clarification
   2. Segment index (alphabetical sequence)
   3. Message structure
      1. Segment table

This specification provides the definition of the Enterprise accounting information message (INFENT) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.

A message used to exchange enterprise related accounting information between enterprises, public or private bodies and whoever may use it for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, reporting, financial analysis, administrations, etc.

The Enterprise accounting information message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.

The economic partners of an enterprise require information, most of which is of a common nature. In order, therefore, to cope with this phenomenon, the enterprise - referred to as sender - may establish a data base - known as accounting information of enterprise - containing all the information of use to its partners, for various intervening bodies - referred to as recipients - who may be as follows: customers, suppliers, associated and other companies of the group, chartered accountants, auditors, legal, fiscal and financial advisers, lawyers, tax offices, the offices of court clerks, banks and financial houses, Public Authorities, etc.

The preparation of the financial statements of an enterprise is a continuous chain which enables the trial balance and the financial statements to be obtained predominantly based on the accounting entries reflecting its activity and the chart of accounts.

An enterprise accounting information is a piece of information or an event brought to the attention of an official, a private individual or a public body specifying a reference, a date, a time, a period, a free text, a name and address, a quantity, an accounting and administrative characteristic, a percentage, a legal status of organization or an amount in accordance with trading, financial, accounting, legal, social or fiscal relations, or in compliance with legislative provisions or regulations.

An enterprise sends enterprise accounting information message in accordance to a predefined index. Each index value corresponds to an enterprise accounting information.

The message INFENT contains information concerning enterprise information for a given period. The frequency of data collection ranges from daily to annually.

See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.

See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.

This section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.

0010 UNH, Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Enterprise accounting information message is INFENT.

Note: Enterprise accounting information messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:

0020 BGM, Beginning of message

A segment identifying the type of enterprise accounting information which is transmitted and provide its identification number.

0030 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment containing the opening and closing dates of the accounting period and the preparation date of the message.

0040 RFF, Reference

A segment containing the number of the information file linked to the message and its version number.

0050 CUX, Currencies

A segment providing currencies which are specific to the enterprise accounting information message.

0060 FTX, Free text

A segment with free text, in coded or clear form, for the purpose of providing additional clarification solely concerning the summary section. In computer-to-computer exchanges such texts will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually.

0070 Segment Group 1: NAD-RFF-FII-SG2

A segment group giving information on sender, recipient and intermediary.

0080 NAD, Name and address

A segment to identify a party.

0090 RFF, Reference

A segment to provide references which are specific to the concerned party.

0100 FII, Financial institution information

A segment identifying the bank account of the related party.

0110 Segment Group 2: CTA-COM

A group of segments to specify contacts and related communication numbers.

0120 CTA, Contact information

A segment to provide contacts related to the party.

0130 COM, Communication contact

A segment to provide communication numbers of the contact.

0140 Segment Group 3: CCI-CAV

A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or legal characteristics of the enterprise accounting information message.

0150 CCI, Characteristic/class id

A segment to identify a characteristic.

0160 CAV, Characteristic value

A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.

0170 Segment Group 4: SEQ-IND-RFF-MOA-FTX-DTM-QTY-CUX-PCD-CPT-SG5-

SG7 A segment group providing the expected information related to the enterprise. The index value contained in the index segment determines how informations in the subordinate segments in the same group, should be interpreted.

0180 SEQ, Sequence details

A segment providing the sequential number of the provided information in the message.

0190 IND, Index details

A segment to identify a relevant index.

0200 RFF, Reference

A segment to provide reference related to information specified in the index segment.

0210 MOA, Monetary amount

A segment to provide amount related to information specified in the index segment.

0220 FTX, Free text

A segment to provide text related to information specified in the index segment.

0230 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment providing a date or time or period related to information specified in the index segment.

0240 QTY, Quantity

A segment providing a quantity related to information specified in the index segment.

0250 CUX, Currencies

A segment to provide currency related to information specified in the index segment.

0260 PCD, Percentage details

A segment to provide a percentage related to information specified in the index segment.

0270 CPT, Account identification

A segment to provide account related to information specified in the index segment.

0280 Segment Group 5: NAD-SG6

A segment group to identify a party related to information specified in the index segment.

0290 NAD, Name and address

A segment to identify a party.

0300 Segment Group 6: CTA-COM

A group of segments to specify contacts and provide communication numbers.

0310 CTA, Contact information

A segment providing contact information related to the party identified in the preceding segment.

0320 COM, Communication contact

A segment providing communication information related to the party or the contact.

0330 Segment Group 7: CCI-CAV

A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social, legal characteristics of the enterprise related to information specified in the index segment.

0340 CCI, Characteristic/class id

A segment to identify a characteristic.

0350 CAV, Characteristic value

A segment to provide the value of the characteristic.

0360 Segment Group 8: AUT-DTM

A segment group to provide authentication information.

0370 AUT, Authentication result

A segment to provide authentication results.

0380 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment to provide the date of the authentication.

0390 UNT, Message trailer

A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.