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MT 601 Field Specifications

19. Field 34a: Premium Payment

FORMAT

Option P 6!n3!a15d (Date)(Currency)(Amount)
Option R 6!n3!a15d (Date)(Currency)(Amount)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field specifies the value date, currency code and premium amount which the buyer pays to the seller for the option.

The option letter indicates, from the Sender's point of view, the direction of the payment of the premium:

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Date must be a valid date expressed as YYMMDD (Error code(s): T50).

Currency must be a valid ISO 4217 currency code (Error code(s): T52).

The integer part of Amount must contain at least one digit. The decimal comma ',' is mandatory and is included in the maximum length. The number of digits following the comma must not exceed the maximum number allowed for the specified currency (Error code(s): C03,T40,T43).