20 August: Revision 8.1 of the code lists for UNECE Recommendation 21 (Codes for passengers, types of cargo, packages and packaging materials), Annex V and Annex VI (Coded representations of package type names) has been released by the ICG to correct a code value assignment error in Revision 8.

11 August 2010: Draft recommendation 35 (English, French and Russian) has been submitted to the Heads of Delegation for intersessional approval by 8 October 2010.

13 July: ICG has approved revision 8 of the code lists for UNECE Recommendation 21 (Codes for passengers, types of cargo, packages and packaging materials), Annex V and Annex VI (Coded representations of package type names).

13 July: ICG has approved revision 3 of the code lists for UNECE Recommendation 28 (Codes for types of means of transport).

12 July: TBG has approved Recommendation No 34 "Simplification and Standardization for International Trade" for renewed public review (Open Development Process (ODP) Step 5) until August 15, 2010. Comments should be sent to Johan Pontén.

2 July: ICG has approved draft revision 7 of Recommendation 20 (Codes for Units of Measure) for public review until 13 August 2010. Comments should be sent to David Dobbing.

24 June: Registration for the UN/CEFACT Geneva Forum is now open and can be accessed at http://www.globaltestmarket.com/survey/s.phtml?sn=166565&lang=E&secid=d4b45c

21 June: UN/CEFACT has approved the Core Component Library D.09B.1 for publication. It can be downloaded from http://www.unece.org/cefact/codesfortrade/unccl/CCL_index.htm. Any comments on the above should be sent to ICG Chair Michael Conroy.

21 June: TBG has approved the TBG12 BRS "Accounting Journal List" for public review (Open Development Process (ODP) Step 5) until July 21, 2010. Comments should be sent to Michel Lesourd.

7 June: TBG has approved UN/CEFACT Digital Evidence Certification Recommendation for public review (Open Development Process (ODP) Step 5) until July 8, 2010. Comments should be sent to the Project Leader François Devoret.

19 May: ICG has approved revision 7 of the code lists for UNECE Recommendation 23 (Freight Cost Code).

12 May: PLEASE NOTE: Omissions and a minor correction in CCL09B have been identified and require release of CCL09B.1 as soon as possible. Full details and a proposed timeline for a corrected library will be available shortly.

19 April: TBG has approved the TBG1 BRS "Cross Industry Quotation" for public review (Open Development Process (ODP) Step 5) until May 20, 2010. Comments should be sent to Coen Janssen.

16 April: The Forum Management Group has decided to cancel the scheduled 16^th session of the UN/CEFACT Forum at the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand, from 26 to 30 April 2010

10 March: TBG has approved the TBG1 BRS "Cross Industry Remittance Advice" for public review (Open Development Process (ODP) Step 5) until April 15, 2010. Comments should be sent to Coen Janssen.

2 March: TMG has approved publication of the UML profile for UN/CEFACT's Modeling Methodology (UMM) foundation module and base module for second round implementation verification (Open Development Process, Step 6, second iteration). This version incorporates all comments adjudicated during the first implementation verification period. New comments should be sent to the project leader Christian Huemer. The first review of comments will take place during the UN/CEFACT Forum meeting 26 - 30 April 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.

19 February : TBG has approved the TBG18 BRS "Electronic Data Exchange Proxy" for publication (Open Development Process (ODP) Step 7). It can be downloaded from BRS page.

9 February : UN/CEFACT has approved the Core Component Library D.09B for publication. It can be downloaded from http://www.unece.org/cefact/codesfortrade/unccl/CCL_index.htm. Any comments on the above should be sent to ICG Chair Michael Conroy.

8 February : UNECE has released the 2009-2 UN/LOCODE directory.

5 February : TMG has approved the UML profile for Core Components (UPCC) - for public review (Open Development Process, Step 5) until 26 April 2010. Comments should be sent to the project leader Philipp Liegl. The first review of comments will take place during the UN/CEFACT Forum meeting 26 - 30 April 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.

27 January: UN/CEFACT is currently undertaking three gap analysis projects to determine: the current needs of stakeholders for open international standards for electronic international trade data messages and which standards stakeholders would like UN/CEFACT to deliver as priorities; an assessment of the knowledge that stakeholders have regarding the UN/CEFACT Core Component Library (CCL), which contains the data elements needed to complete messages, and the usability or otherwise of the CCL; the technical specifications that underpin message assembly and assure that messages can be interpreted by different systems.
UN/CEFACT intends to prepare a report on its findings by the end of February 2010. Stakeholders are invited to provide their views on the above topics through the dedicated questionnaire prepared by UN/CEFACT. For more information please refer to >..>..>..>..>

25 January: UN/CEFACT has approved UN/EDIFACT Directory D.09B for
publication. It can be downloaded from http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/down_index.htm. Any comments on the above should be sent to M. Conroy (michael.conroy@wanadoo.fr)

8 January: UN/CEFACT has approved publication of UN/CEFACT XML Naming and Design Rules V3.0 of 17 December 2009. This specification enables the XML syntax binding of CCTS Version 3.0 and Data Type Catalogue Version 3.0 artefacts and is available at: http://www.unece.org/cefact/xml/UNCEFACT+XML+NDR+V3p0.pdf

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