In addition to narrative text, structured text with the following line formats may be used:
Optional
This field contains additional information for the Receiver.
This field may contain information only, ie, no instructions may be included.
Additional explanatory information, which may be continued on the next lines, is preceded by a double slash '//'.
Codes to be used may be agreed to bilaterally.
This field may contain ERI to transport dual currencies, as explained in the chapter 'Euro - Impact on Category 9 Message Standards'.
In order to comply with the EC-directive on cross border credit transfers, the optional code word EXCH may be used to transport an exchange rate. In line with ERI, the code word EXCH is placed between slashes, followed by the exchange rate, format 12d, and terminated with another slash.