MT 768 Field Specifications

2. Field 21: Related Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field contains the reference of the message which is being acknowledged.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

This field must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//' (Error code(s): T26).

USAGE RULES

If the related message was not sent via SWIFT, this field contains a reference which is meaningful to the Receiver.

If no such reference is available, this field must contain the code NONREF.