MT 701 Field Specifications

4. Field 46B: Documents Required

FORMAT

Option B

100*65x

(Narrative)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field contains a description of any documents required.

USAGE RULES

When the ultimate date of issue of a transport document is specified, it is to be specified with the relative document in this field.

For credits subject to eUCP, the format in which electronic records are to be presented must be specified in this field.

To cater for lengthy documentary credits, up to three MT 701s may be sent in addition to an MT 700. However, field 46a may appear in only one message, ie, either in the MT 700 or in one MT 701.

This means that in any documentary credit, there is a limit of 100 lines of 65 characters to specify the documents required.

Some examples of valid combinations:

• MT 700 contains field 45A; the subsequent MT 701 contains fields 46B and 47B.

• MT 700 contains field 46A; the subsequent MT 701 contains fields 45B and 47B.

• MT 700 contains field 46A; the first MT 701 contains field 45B; the second MT 701 contains field 47B.

• MT 700 does not contain fields 45A, 46A or 47A; the first MT 701 contains field 45B; the second MT 701 contains field 46B; the third MT 701 contains field 47B.

Some examples of invalid combinations:

• MT 700 contains field 46A; the first MT 701 contains fields 45B and 46B; the second MT 701 contains field 47B (INVALID because there are two fields 46a).

• MT 700 contains field 46A; the first MT 701 contains field 46B; the second MT 701 contains fields 45B, 46B and 47B (INVALID because there are three fields 46a).

The specification of each new item should begin on a new line, preceded by the sign '+'.