EANCOM® PART II   31.08.2000
APERAK - Application error and acknowledgement message  
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BGM - M 1 - Beginning of message
Function:
A segment to indicate the type and function of the message and to transmit the identifying number.
  EDIFACT EAN *
Description  
C002 DOCUMENT/MESSAGE NAME
C  
R    
  1001
  Document/message name, coded
C   an..3
R * 12E = Application error and acknowledgement (EAN Code)
  1131
  Code list qualifier
C   an..3
N    
  3055
  Code list responsible agency, coded
C   an..3
R * 9 = EAN (International Article Numbering association)
  1000
  Document/message name
C   an..35
N    
1004 Document/message number
C   an..35
R    
1225 Message function, coded
C   an..3
R *
6 = Confirmation
27 = Not accepted
4343 Response type, coded
C   an..3
N    
Segment Notes:
This segment is used to indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.

DE 1004: It is recommended that the length of the document number be restricted to a maximum of 17 characters and that the number is unique.

This number has been given by the sender of this APERAK message it is NOT the number of the message which is being acknowledged.

Example :

BGM+nnn::9+100001+9'
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