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Division INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING TABLE 2

United Kingdom

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  • The first column contains information about the nesting of the field or section. Each field or section with a level of ‘++’, ‘+++’ and ‘++++’ is nested within the nearest section placed above it that has a lower number of ‘+’.

  • The second and third columns contain the fields' (or sections') names and descriptions.

  • The fourth column contains one of the following data types:

    • ‘Indicator’: This field shall contain either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

    • ‘Code’: This field shall contain values from a predefined list.

    • ‘Date’: This field shall contain a date and more detailed time-related information (such as time and time zone), as appropriate.

    • ‘Duration’: This field shall contain a duration.

    • ‘Identifier’: This field shall contain a set of information allowing unique identification.

    • ‘Number’: This field shall contain a number.

    • ‘Text’: This field shall contain a text.

    • ‘URL’: This field shall contain an electronic address, typically a uniform resource locator (e.g. a web address).

    • ‘Value’: This field shall contain a number denoting a monetary value (without value added tax) and a currency code from a list of currency codes.

    • ‘-’: This row represents a section. Fields are grouped in sections.

    Formats and procedures for sending notices, as mentioned above, shall also specify the applicable codelists and identifiers.

    Certain data types (e.g. Date, Duration, Identifier, Text, Value) may consist of multiple sub-fields.

  • The remaining columns indicate which standard forms and notices use these fields as mandatory (‘M’) and optional (‘O’). The column headings 1-40 correspond to the numbers in the second column of Table 1 of this Annex.