|
En
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
No
Seg
St
Max. Occ.
                                               
 
O
9999999
225
O
1
 
To describe an item in either an industry or free format.
Business Term
DE
EDIFACT
Format
St
*
Description
 
Description format code
an..3
O
*
  
Code and text
  
Free-form
 
C272
ITEM CHARACTERISTIC
 
R
   
 
Item characteristic code
an..3
R
*
  
Quality
 
Code list identification code
an..17
N
   
 
Code list responsible agency code
an..3
N
   
 
C273
ITEM DESCRIPTION
 
R
   
Item description code
an..17
D
 
Codes must be agreed bilaterally.
 
Code list identification code
an..17
N
   
 
Code list responsible agency code
an..3
D
*
  
Assigned by buyer or buyer's agent
  
Assigned by supplier or supplier's agent
7008
Item description
an..256
R
 
The length of DE 7008 is restricted to 70 characters. Bigger sizes have to be agreed bilaterally.
 
7008
Item description
an..256
N
   
 
Language name code
an..3
O
 
ISO 639 2-Alpha Code
Segmentstatus: Optional

This segment is used to provide a description for the current line item.

This segment provides information about quality class in an invoice for fruit/vegetables. The quality class name is given in clear text by use of code value F in DE 7077. If additionally a quality class identifier is provided in DE 7009 than code value B is used for DE 7077.
     
Example:
IMD+B+13+A::91:Handelsklasse A::DE'
   
Quality class: A (only fruit/vegetables)
                                                   
                                                   
Max. Occ. = Maximum Occurrence, St = Status, * = Restricted Codes
Status: M=Mandatory, R=Required, O=Optional, D=Dependent, A=Advised, N=Not used