IPI - Languages and Countries (00/IL)

Most of the values for the UDCs for IPIs are hard-coded. However, you must set up values for the IPI - Languages and Countries (00/IL) UDC table.

IPIs must be printed in English, but they can also contain a secondary language. You specify the secondary language by setting up a value in the IPI - Languages and Countries UDC table (00/IL). Some countries require that you print IPI forms with a secondary language; for some countries, the use of a secondary language is optional. The European Committee for Banking Standards publishes the requirements for IPIs.

When you set up the IPI - Languages and Countries UDC, you complete the Special Handling field with a value from the Language (01/LP) UDC table. The system uses the value in the Special Handling field to determine the secondary language that prints on the IPI form. If you do not want the system to print a secondary language on the IPI form, set the Special Handling code for a country to E (English). Generally, you use the language of the country where the customer's bank is located.

You can set up only one language per country. For example, for banks in Belgium, you must specify a secondary language, but you can select to use French, German, or Dutch. In the 00/IL UDC, you can set up only one of those languages for Belgium; you cannot set up a value for each language.

This table shows examples of the languages that you can set up for countries:

Codes	Description 01	Description 02	Special Handling
AT	Austria	O - German	G
BE	Belgium	R - French, Dutch, or German	F
CH	Switzerland	O - German, French, or Italian	F
DE	Germany	R - German	G
DK	Denmark	Unspecified - Danish	DN
ES	Spain	R - Spanish	S
FI	Finland	R - Finnish and Swedish	FN
FR	France	R - French	F
GB	Great Britain	Not applicable	E