MT 548 Field Specifications

28. Field 95a: Party

FORMAT

Option C	:4!c//2!a	(Qualifier)(Country Code)
Option P	:4!c//4!a2!a2!c[3!c]	(Qualifier)(Identifier Code)
Option Q	:4!c//4*35x	(Qualifier)(Name and Address)
Option R	:4!c/8c/34x	(Qualifier)(Data Source Scheme)(Proprietary Code)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in optional subsequence B1

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	M	BUYR	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Buyer
	or	DEAG	N	C2, C3	P, Q, or R	Delivering Agent
	or	DECU	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Deliverer's Custodian
	or	DEI1	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Deliverer's Intermediary 1
	or	DEI2	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Deliverer's Intermediary 2
	or	PSET	N	C2	C, P, or Q	Place of Settlement
	or	REAG	N	C2, C3	P, Q, or R	Receiving Agent
	or	RECU	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Receiver's Custodian
	or	REI1	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Receiver's Intermediary 1
	or	REI2	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Receiver's Intermediary 2
	or	SELL	N	C2, C4	P, Q, or R	Seller

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

BUYR	Buyer	Party that receives the financial instrument.
DEAG	Delivering Agent	Delivering party that interacts with the place of settlement.
DECU	Deliverer's Custodian	Party that interacts with the delivering agent unless intermediaries exist.
DEI1	Deliverer's Intermediary 1	Party that interacts with the delivering intermediary 2 if present. If the delivering intermediary 2 is not present, this is the party that interacts with the delivering agent.
DEI2	Deliverer's Intermediary 2	When present, party that interacts with the delivering agent. Party that interacts with the deliverer's intermediary 1.
PSET	Place of Settlement	Place of Settlement.
REAG	Receiving Agent	Receiving party that interacts with the place of settlement.
RECU	Receiver's Custodian	Party that interacts with the receiving agent unless intermediaries exist.
REI1	Receiver's Intermediary 1	Party that interacts with the receiving intermediary 2 if present. If the receiving intermediary 2 is not present, this is the party that interacts with the receiving agent.
REI2	Receiver's Intermediary 2	When present, party that interacts with the receiving agent. Party that interacts with the receiver's intermediary 1.
SELL	Seller	Party that delivers the financial instrument.

In option C, Country Code specifies in physical settlement transactions the country of settlement. This allows the custodian to direct instructions to a local agent in the country of settlement.

In option P, Identifier Code specifies a BIC. For more details, see the Standards MT General Information.

In option R, Proprietary Code specifies a local national code or market segment code identifying the party.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Country Code must be a valid ISO country code (Error code(s): T73).

Identifier Code must be a registered BIC (Error code(s): T27,T28,T29,T45).

Proprietary code (Format Option R) and Name and Address (Format Option Q) must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//'. For field formats with more than 1 line, the rule applies for each line (Error code(s): T26).

USAGE RULES

Qualifiers used to identify the parties do not specify the business role of the parties but their position in the settlement chain and the relationship which the parties have with one another.

Further explanations and examples are available in the Category 5 Securities Markets Message Usage Guidelines.