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DEPRECR Business Rules

Message Mapping

Customs Data Dictionary

  1. DEPRECR messages will only be sent as a response to a DEPREC message that has been validated by the CCF.
  2. The Department will always report the DEPREC Senders Reference and Version Number in the DEPRECR message.
  3. DEPRECR messages will indicate ICS acceptance, rejection or error conditions
    1. Up to 50 errors will be reported in a single DEPRECR.
    2. Messages containing 50 or more errors will be rejected.
  4. Reported errors will include Error id; Error location and Error description.
    1. The error location is the line number formatted as L0 = Header
  5. If messages relating to the same report are received out of sequence by the user (Message date/time stamp in the UNB segment), the message with the earlier date/time stamp should be rejected.

    1. If two messages have the same date/time stamp then the message arriving later should replace the earlier one.
  6. On rare occasions, DEPRECR messages will be re-transmitted. Retransmissions will be issued with a new message date/time stamp in the UNB segment.
  7. Status information returned in a DEPRECR message may constitute an authority to consolidate cargo, it may also provide further movement status related information.

V1.0 05 DEC 2002