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ExternalSystemPartyType1Code

ECSD Code: External Central Securities Depository

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ECSD means external central securities depository in the ISO 20022 system party type code set. Infrastructure that holds or controls the holding of physical or dematerialized financial instruments belonging to all, or a large portion of, the investors in a securities market. This effects the centralized transfer of ownership of such securities by entries on its books and records. The infrastructure is external to the system executing the instruction.

Code
ECSD
ISO name
ExternalCentralSecuritiesDepository
Status
Registered
Last updated
2025-02-28

Official definition

Infrastructure that holds or controls the holding of physical or dematerialized financial instruments belonging to all, or a large portion of, the investors in a securities market. This effects the centralized transfer of ownership of such securities by entries on its books and records. The infrastructure is external to the system executing the instruction.

Definition from the ISO 20022 External Code Sets, 2Q2026 (published 28 Aug 2026).

Messages and fields that use ExternalSystemPartyType1Code

MessageElement path
reda.014Pty/Tp/Cd
reda.015SchCrit/Tp/Cd
reda.017RptOrErr/PtyRpt/PtyOrErr/SysPty/Tp/Cd
reda.019SchCrit/PtyTp/Cd
reda.021RptOrErr/SctiesAcctRpt/SctiesAcctOrErr/SctiesAcct/PtyTp/Cd
reda.041PtyActvty/Chng/Rcrd/Tp/Od/Cd, PtyActvty/Chng/Rcrd/Tp/New/Cd
reda.043RptOrErr/PtyAudtTrlRpt/PtyAudtTrlOrErr/AudtTrl/Rcrd/Tp/Od/Cd, RptOrErr/PtyAudtTrlRpt/PtyAudtTrlOrErr/AudtTrl/Rcrd/Tp/New/Cd

ECSD questions

What does ECSD mean in ISO 20022?
ECSD is External Central Securities Depository in the ExternalSystemPartyType1Code code set: Infrastructure that holds or controls the holding of physical or dematerialized financial instruments belonging to all, or a large portion of, the investors in a securities market. This effects the centralized transfer of ownership of such securities by entries on its books and records. The infrastructure is external to the system executing the instruction.
Where does ECSD appear in a message?
For example in reda.014, element Pty/Tp/Cd.

All ExternalSystemPartyType1Code codes · ISO 20022 code sets

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