EANCOM® 2002 S3 - MSCONS, Introduction

EANCOM^® 2002 S3	Part II
MSCONS	Metered services consumption report

1. Introduction

Status

MESSAGE TYPE	: MSCONS
REFERENCE DIRECTORY	: D.01B
EANCOM^® SUBSET VERSION	: 004

Definition

A Metered Services Consumption Report is a communication between trading parties, or their agents, providing consumption and where required associated technical information at a location(s) for a product(s) or service(s) where the supply is recorded using a meter(s).

Principles

At least one delivery party (premise) shall be identified per message.
Each Metered Services Consumption Report will define the period of time for which the details contained are valid.
A Metered Services Consumption Report may be used to provide consumption information which may directly relate to other business functions, e.g. invoicing or process control.
A Metered Services Consumption Report may be sent by the buyer or the seller to the other party.
Metered Services Consumption Reports will be provided for premises as defined by trading partners.
Locations, products and/or services, and meters shall be identified where ever possible within the report using the GS1 numbering system to facilitate automatic processing.
The Metered Services Consumption Report may be transmitted at any time and may be related directly to either a delivery(ies) and/or an invoice. A Metered Services Consumption Report when used to support the financial information contained in an invoice may only relate to one invoice. A Metered Services Consumption Report when used to indicate consumption or qualitative information may relate to one or many delivery parties (premises).

Edition 2016