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5.5. Changes<br />
No party may make any changes to their systems operation, as contemplated by this EDI<br />
Agreement without providing prior notice of the intended change to the other Party.<br />
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF EDI MESSAGES<br />
6.1. Acknowledgement<br />
The Parties agree that the receiver of an EDI Message is not required to send an<br />
Acknowledgement of Receipt to the sender of that EDI message. Alternatively, the Parties may<br />
define in the Technical Annex, the extent to which any EDI messages sent and received will be<br />
subject to an Acknowledgement of Receipt.<br />
6.2. Time limits <strong>for</strong> acknowledgement<br />
If the Parties mutually agree and define that an Acknowledgement of Receipt is to be sent by the<br />
receiver of an EDI message, this Acknowledgement of Receipt must be sent within such time as<br />
is defined in the Technical Annex. If no specific time limits have been agreed or stated in the<br />
Technical Annex, the Acknowledgement of Receipt must be sent within one Working day<br />
following the day of receipt of the EDI message being acknowledged.<br />
6.3. Timeout of acknowledgement<br />
If the Parties mutually agree that the receiver must send an Acknowledgement of Receipt, then if<br />
the sender does not receive the Acknowledgement of Receipt within any time limits specified in<br />
the Technical Annex or this EDI Agreement, the sender may, upon giving notification to the<br />
receiver on the next Working day to that effect, treat the EDI message as null and void as from<br />
the expiration of that time limit or initiate an alternative recovery procedure as specified in the<br />
Technical Annex to ensure effective receipt of the acknowledgement.<br />
Should the recovery procedure fail within the time limit provided <strong>for</strong> it, the EDI message will, upon<br />
notification by the sender to the receiver, be treated as null and void, with effect from the<br />
expiration of that time limit.<br />
7. PROCESSING OF EDI MESSAGES<br />
The Parties undertake to process or ensure that their system processes the EDI messages within any<br />
time limits as may be specified and agreed in the Technical Annex or in the absence of such<br />
agreement or specification, to ensure that their system processes the EDI messages as soon as<br />
possible.<br />
SOPCT 01/04/2013 – 31/03/2014<br />
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