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MT 205 COV Field Specifications

2. Field 21: Related Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field contains a reference to the related transaction.

CODES

If no related reference is available, the code NONREF must be used in this field.

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 is an MT 103 Single Customer Credit Transfer, this field will contain field 20 Sender's Reference of that MT 103.

If an incoming message is an MT 202 COV or an MT 205 COV and results in an outgoing MT 205 COV, this field will contain field 21 Related Reference of the incoming message.