This guide aims to illustrate to fashion companies the standard XML format of the document type "TRACEABILITY RECEIVING ADVISE", providing instructions for its use in the context of a TRACEABILITY SYSTEM involving Fashion Manufacturers, their customers, third parties and in case customs authorities, eBusiness and eCommerce platforms.

All the rules necessary for the construction and validation of the document are expressed through a specific XML schema, which is presented in detail in the paragraph "Implementation Guide".

The Traceability Receiving Advice is a notice that may be addressed to both the sender of the goods as well as the traceability systems; can be used by the Receiver of the goods (purchased or received on account; including in the case of import) both to confirm the regular receipt of the goods against despatching by partners already within the traceability system as well as to communicate the entry into the traceability system, for example following import; it can also be used to notify discrepancies between what was declared by the sender and what was received and accepted.

In the first and third cases, this document must be used in association with the Traceability Despatching advice document (linked via mandatory cross-references); in the second case (import / entry into the system) the document stands alone.

It is recommended to issue an Receipt Notice for each Shipment Notice.