The InternationalUN/LOCODE Maritimehas Organizationemerged haveas publishedthe inprominent 1965international thestandard Conventionfor ofreferring Facilitationto oflocations Internationalused Maritimein Trafficinternational (FAL)trade. ThisThe conventionUN/LOCODE containsis standardsused andby recommendedcarriers, practiceslogistics on formalitiesproviders, documentarymultinational requirementscorporations and proceduressoftware whichproviders shouldas bethe appliedstandard onway arrival,to stayrefer andto departurecities, ofports, ships and portsairports, etc. StandardGiven formsthe wereadoption developedof for these declarations.

Over time, UN/EDIFACT messages were developed to correspond to each of these forms and integrated into the IMO FAL Compendium. This Compendium has developed the business processes associated with the flow of information relative to these forms. In recent years, IMO has approved a project to update the FAL Compendium and align it with their Single Window project. To this aim, they have developed an independent data model of the requirements from these forms which will be published in the new compendium. IMO has agreed to add annexes within the new Compendium which will provide mappings from this independent model to international standards including the UN Core Component Library, UN/EDIFACT and the UN/CEFACT Multi-Modal Transport Reference Data Model (MMT-RDM).

The current project aims to create the mappings and updated guides to satisfy the request to complete these annexes to the IMO FAL Compendiumthe UN/LOCODE, changes to the standard can have major impact on industry.

The rules governing the maintenance of the UN/LOCODE (Recommendation 16) are based on the business scenario of several decades ago. However, the use and importance of the UN/LOCODE has grown tremendously since Recommendation 16 was last updated in 1998.

The purpose of this project is to update Recommendation 16 in order to allow it to continue to govern the modern usage of the UN/LOCODE. Emerging industry requirements are leading to inconsistencies in the application of the codes. An update to Recommendation 16 will add more specificity to definitions and process, leading to less ambiguity and more consistency in the application of the codes. It will ensure that the UN/LOCODE remains an important international standard which keeps pace with the changes in usage and in technology.

The project shall update the UN/EDIFACT guides to correspond to the most recent IMO FAL Compendium and their independent data model. The project will also develop equivalent CCBDA message structures derived from the MMT-RDM plus the relevant XML schemas. 

No BRS will be developed as this is covered within the IMO FAL Compendium update project. Core Components and other artefacts may be requested as a submission to satisfy the requirements of the IMO FAL Compendium and in line with the UN/CEFACT principle of ‘semantic hub.’

The project deliverables are: 
a)	Updated UN/EDIFACT guides for the FAL messages
b)	Equivalent CCBDA message structures derived from the MMT-RDM
c)	XML schema based on the CCBDA message structures

a)	Updated UN/EDIFACT guides for the FAL messages
•	Final draft ready for publication
b)	Equivalent CCBDA message structures derived from the MMT-RDM
•	Final draft ready for publication
c)	XML schema based on the CCBDA message structures
•	Final draft ready for publication

Membership is open to experts with broad knowledge in the area of maritime transport, regulatory procedures and the IMO FAL Compendium. In addition, Heads of Delegations may invite technical experts from their constituency to participate in the work. Experts are expected to contribute to the work based solely on their expertise and to comply with the UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct and Ethics and the policy on Intellectual Property Rights.

The geographical focus of the project is global.

•	IMO FAL Convention, 1965
•	IMO FAL Compendium, 2013
•	UN CCL
•	UN/CEFACT MMT-RDM
•	UN/CEFACT messages (UN/EDIFACT)

Participants in the project shall provide resources for their own participation. The existence and functioning of the project shall not require any additional resources from the UNECE secretariat. The project will be prepared in between Forums, principally using conference call facilities.

Project Leader: 	TBD
Lead Editor:		TBD