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MT 304 Field Specifications

12. Field 81a: Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP)

FORMAT

Option A [/1!a][/34x]
4!a2!a2!c[3!c]
(Party Identifier)
(Identifier Code)
Option D [/1!a][/34x]
4*35x
(Party Identifier)
(Name and Address)
Option J 5*40x (Party Identification)

PRESENCE

Optional in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field identifies an agency or separate corporation of a futures exchange responsible for settling and clearing trades, collecting and maintaining margins, regulating delivery and reporting trade data.

CODES

In option J, Party Identification must be specified as a list of pairs (Code)(Value) and the following codes and format must be used (Error code(s): T78):

Note that optional codes are surrounded by square brackets ('[' and ']') which are not part of the syntax.

The codes must be placed between slashes ('/').

ABIC 4!a2!a2!c[3!c] or 4!a Identifier Code or 'UKWN' if BIC not known
[CLRC] 35x Clearing code (optional)
[LEIC] 18!c2!n Legal Entity Identifier (optional)
NAME 34x Party's name

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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

USAGE RULES

The field is only to be used in case the Non Deliverable Forward has to be cleared.