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MT 542 Field Specifications

83. Field 95a: Party

FORMAT

Option C :4!c//2!a (Qualifier)(Country Code)
Option L :4!c//18!c2!n (Qualifier)(Legal Entity Identifier)
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)
Option S :4!c/[8c]/4!c/2!a/30x (Qualifier)(Data Source Scheme)(Type of ID)(Country Code)(Alternate ID)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in optional sequence F

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 M EXCH N C4 P, Q, or R Stock Exchange
  or MEOR N C4, C17 P, Q, or R Originator of Message
  or MERE N C4, C17 P, Q, or R Recipient of Message
  or TRRE N C4 P, Q, or R Trade Regulator
  or INVE R   C, P, Q, or R Investor
  or VEND N C4, C11 P, Q, or R Vendor
  or QFIN N C4 P, Q, or R Qualified Foreign Intermediary
  or TRAG N C4 P, Q, or R Triparty Agent
  or BRKR N C4 P, Q, or R Broker
2 O ALTE R C16 L or S Alternate ID

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

ALTE Alternate ID Alternate identification for a party.
BRKR Broker Party that identifies a broker when required (for example, authorized broker, prime broker, etc.).
EXCH Stock Exchange Party that identifies the stock exchange.
INVE Investor Instructing party, either an individual or organisation, whose assets are being invested.
MEOR Originator of Message Party that originated the message, if other than the Sender.
MERE Recipient of Message Party that is the final destination of the message, if other than the Receiver.
QFIN Qualified Foreign Intermediary Foreign financial institution that has been authorized by local authorities to act as account management institution in the country.
TRAG Triparty Agent Party that handles tri-party transactions.
TRRE Trade Regulator Party that identifies the trade regulator.
VEND Vendor Vendor of the Settlement Standing Instruction database requested to be consulted through sequence E field :22F::DBNM//VEND.

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.

In option S:

CODES

In option S, if Qualifier is ALTE and Data Source Scheme is not present, Type of ID must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K95):

ARNU Alien Registration Number Number assigned by a government agency to identify foreign nationals.
CCPT Passport Number Number assigned by a passport authority.
CHTY Tax Exempt Identification Number Number assigned to a tax exempt entity.
CORP Corporate Identification Number assigned to a corporate entity.
DRLC Driver's Licence Number Number assigned to a driver's licence.
FIIN Foreign Investment Identity Number Number assigned to a foreign investor (other than the alien number).
TXID Tax Identification Number Number assigned by a tax authority to an entity.

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), Alternate ID (Format Option S) 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

The qualifier INVE is to be used only when the investor cannot be a trade counterparty for legal reasons, for example, in Japan where the trust bank arranges the deal with the broker.

When INVE is used with option C, the country code specifies the nationality of the investor, for the settlement of certain securities (that is airlines, defence manufacturers) under the EU legislation.