COMDIS Commercial dispute

Western European EDIFACT Board - MD4

A notice of commercial dispute against one or more invoices is usually raised by the buyer to notify the seller that something was found wrong with the goods delivered or the services rendered (goods damaged, delivery incomplete, delivery late, etc.). The dispute must be resolved before the related invoice can be settled.

The message will be used to: - notify a dispute; - correspond about an existing dispute (structured information); - notify the settlement of a dispute.

The message will serve at the same time as the dispute notice and as the dispute answer.

Throughout this document, the term 'Buyer' refers to either the buyer or an Agent acting on behalf of the Buyer, and the term 'Seller' refers either to the seller or an Agent acting on behalf of the Seller.

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 a reference.

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

  5. Segment group 1
    Repeat 99
    1. To specify the name/address and their related function, either by CO82 only and/or unstructured by CO58 or structured by CO80 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.

  6. Segment group 2
    Repeat 9999
    1. To identify documents, either printed, electronically transferred, or referenced as specified in message description, including, where relevant, the identification of the type of transaction that will result from this message.

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

    3. To specify a monetary amount.

    4. Segment group 3
      Repeat 9
      1. To identify the reason for an adjustment.

      2. To provide free form or coded text information.

    5. Segment group 4
      Repeat 9
      1. To specify parties to an instruction and where relevant, the instruction.

      2. To provide free form or coded text information.

    6. Segment group 5
      Repeat 9999
      1. To specify the processing mode of a specific line within a referenced document.

      2. To specify a monetary amount.

      3. Segment group 6
        Repeat 9
        1. To identify the reason for an adjustment.

        2. To provide free form or coded text information.

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

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