MT 559 Field Specifications

10. Field 35E: Certificate Numbers

FORMAT

Option E

6*50x

(Narrative)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field specifies the certificate numbers of the securities.

USAGE RULES

This field specifies the certificate numbers of the related securities, in the format specified in ISO Standard 8532 or in an alternative format bilaterally agreed between the Sender and the Receiver.

Contrary to ISO Standard 8532, the semi-colon ';' must not be used to indicate the end of the contents of this field. The end of the field is indicated by carriage return line feed followed by a colon, ie, 'CrLf:'.

Also contrary to ISO Standard 8532, the colon ':' must never be used as the first character in a line.

If there is insufficient space to list all certificate numbers, an MT 579 may be used in addition to this field, or in place of it. When the MT 579 is used, the code /MSG579/ must appear in field 72.