AUTHOR Authorization

Western European EDIFACT Board MD4

An Authorization Message is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) or by a third party having authority on the Ordering Customer's payments to the Ordered Bank, to authorize the Ordered Bank to execute a given financial transaction.

This financial transaction might relate to both multiple messages like PAYMUL and DIRDEB, and single instruction messages like PAYORD and PAYEXT.

An Authorization Message could also be sent from the Ordered Bank to the Ordering Customer or its Authorization Authority to request authorization for a given financial transaction.

Throughout this document the term 'Original Message' refers to the message to be authorized.

Header

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To head, identify and specify a message.

  2. To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.

  3. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

  4. To provide information related to the processing and purpose of a financial message.

  5. Segment group 1
    Repeat 2
    1. To specify a reference.

    2. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

  6. Segment group 2
    Repeat 5
    1. To identify an account and a related financial institution.

    2. To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

    3. To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.

  7. Segment group 3
    Repeat 3
    1. To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.

    2. To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

    3. To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.

  8. Segment group 4
    Repeat 9999
    1. To identify a line item and configuration.

    2. Segment group 5
      Repeat 5
      1. To specify a reference.

      2. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

    3. Segment group 6
      Repeat 9999
      1. To provide details relating to the sequence.

      2. To transmit a processing indicator.

      3. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

      4. To specify a monetary amount.

      5. To identify documents and details directly related to it.

    4. Segment group 7
      Repeat 2
      1. To identify an account and a related financial institution.

      2. To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

      3. To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.

    5. Segment group 8
      Repeat 2
      1. To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.

      2. To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

      3. To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.

  9. To provide control total.

  10. Segment group 9
    Repeat 5
    1. To specify results of the application of an authentication procedure.

    2. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

  11. To end and check the completeness of a message.

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