SEPA UTF-8 Zeichensatz

Quelle: EPC217-08, Conversion Table

Recommendation how to convert not authorised Unicode-characters in a SEPA-Transaction

General notes:

(1) Special XML characters: do not use except with escape characters (as defined in column "medium/long term), normally provided by XML tools when creating the XML messages.


(2) Certain Greek and Cyrillic characters are converted to two or three basic Latin characters causing a possible truncation of the text. If reaction of the receiver is unknown and truncation is not accepted, with respect to length limitation in data elements, it is recommended to count these characters as double or triple. (indicated as a warning in the colored column).
(3) As a rule, the conversions are one way only.

Note:

Unicode / UTF-8 character encoding is defined to contain one byte from code points U+0020 - U+007F, two bytes from U+0080 - U+07FF, three bytes from U+0800 - including the Euro sign (code point U+020AC) etc. This means that the Unicode code point value is not the same as the (binary) byte value in the XML message (except for the basic Latin range).

Colors used:

Already part of the Basic Latin Character Set as defined in the EPC Implementation Guidelines

 

Recommended not to convert (long term) as it is a candidate to the SEPA character set

 

Not a part of the SEPA character set. Should not be used (convert as defined).

 

Sign

Denotation

Code point

in Unicode

conversion to EPC Basic Character Set

long term, can be converted to:

SEPA Character set; Basic and Long-term

Special

characters*

Sign

Resulting code point

Sign

Resulting code point

 

SPACE

U+0020

none

 

none

 

 

 

!

EXCLAMATION

MARK

U+0021

 

U+002E

none

 

 

 

"

QUOTATION

MARK

U+0022

N/A

N/A

"

 

special XML

character, see

chapter 6.2

 

#

NUMBER SIGN

U+0023

 

U+002E

none

 

 

 

$

DOLLAR SIGN

U+0024

 

U+002E

none

 

 

 

%

PERCENT SIGN

U+0025

 

U+002E

none

 

 

 

&

AMPERSAND

U+0026

N/A

N/A

&

 

special XML

character, see

chapter 6.2

 

'

APOSTROPHE

U+0027

N/A

N/A

'

 

special XML

character, see

chapter 6.2

 

(

LEFT

PARENTHESIS

U+0028

none

 

none

 

 

 

)

RIGHT

PARENTHESIS

U+0029

none

 

none

 

 

 

*

ASTERISK

U+002A

.

U+002E

none

 

 

 

+

PLUS SIGN

U+002B

none

 

none

 

 

 

,

COMMA

U+002C

none

 

none

 

 

 

-

HYPHEN-MINUS

U+002D

none

 

none

 

 

 

.

FULL STOP

U+002E

none

 

none

 

 

 

/

SOLIDUS

U+002F

none

 

none

 

 

 

0

DIGIT ZERO

U+0030

none

 

none

 

 

 

1

DIGIT ONE

U+0031

none

 

none

 

 

 

2

DIGIT TWO

U+0032

none

 

none

 

 

 

3

DIGIT THREE

U+0033

none

 

none

 

 

 

4

DIGIT FOUR

U+0034

none

 

none

 

 

 

5

DIGIT FIVE

U+0035

none

 

none

 

 

 

6

DIGIT SIX

U+0036

none

 

none

 

 

 

7

DIGIT SEVEN

U+0037

none

 

none

 

 

 

8

DIGIT EIGHT

U+0038

none

 

none

 

 

 

9

DIGIT NINE

U+0039

none

 

none

 

 

 

:

COLON

U+003A

none

 

none

 

 

 

;

SEMICOLON

U+003B

,

U+002C

none

 

 

 

LESS-THAN

SIGN

U+003C

N/A

U+002E

&lt

 

special XML

character, see

chapter 6.2

 

=

EQUALS SIGN

U+003D

.

U+002E

none

 

 

 

GREATER-THAN

SIGN

U+003E

N/A

U+002E

&gt

 

special XML

character, see

chapter 6.2

 

?

QUESTION MARK

U+003F

none

 

none

 

 

 

@

COMMERCIAL AT

U+0040

.

U+002E

none

 

see chapter 6.2

 

A

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A

U+0041

none

 

none

A

 

 

B

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER B

U+0042

none

 

none

B

 

 

C

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER C

U+0043

none

 

none

C

 

 

D

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER D

U+0044

none

 

none

D

 

 

E

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER E

U+0045

none

 

none

E

 

 

F

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER F

U+0046

none

 

none

F

 

 

G

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER G

U+0047

none

 

none

G

 

 

H

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER H

U+0048

none

 

none

H

 

 

I

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER I

U+0049

none

 

none

I

 

 

J

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER J

U+004A

none

 

none

J

 

 

K

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER K

U+004B

none

 

none

K

 

 

L

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER L

U+004C

none

 

none

L

 

 

M

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER M

U+004D

none

 

none

M

 

 

N

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER N

U+004E

none

 

none

N

 

 

O

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O

U+004F

none

 

none

O

 

 

P

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER P

U+0050

none

 

none

P

 

 

Q

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER Q

U+0051

none

 

none

Q

 

 

R

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER R

U+0052

none

 

none

R

 

 

S

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER S

U+0053

none

 

none

S

 

 

T

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER T

U+0054

none

 

none

T

 

 

U

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER U

U+0055

none

 

none

U

 

 

V

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER V

U+0056

none

 

none

V

 

 

W

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER W

U+0057

none

 

none

W

 

 

X

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER X

U+0058

none

 

none

X

 

 

Y

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER Y

U+0059

none

 

none

Y

 

 

Z

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER Z

U+005A

none

 

none

Z

 

 

[

LEFT SQUARE

BRACKET

U+005B

(

U+0028

none

 

 

 

\

REVERSE

SOLIDUS

U+005C

/

U+002F

none

 

 

 

]

RIGHT SQUARE

BRACKET

U+005D

)

U+0029

none

 

 

 

^

CIRCUMFLEX

ACCENT

U+005E

.

U+002E

none

 

 

 

_

LOW LINE

U+005F

-

U+002D

none

 

see chapter 6.2

 

`

GRAVE ACCENT

U+0060

'

U+0027

none

 

 

 

a

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A

U+0061

none

 

none

 

 

 

b

LATIN SMALL

LETTER B

U+0062

none

 

none

 

 

 

c

LATIN SMALL

LETTER C

U+0063

none

 

none

 

 

 

d

LATIN SMALL

LETTER D

U+0064

none

 

none

 

 

 

e

LATIN SMALL

LETTER E

U+0065

none

 

none

 

 

 

f

LATIN SMALL

LETTER F

U+0066

none

 

none

 

 

 

g

LATIN SMALL

LETTER G

U+0067

none

 

none

 

 

 

h

LATIN SMALL

LETTER H

U+0068

none

 

none

 

 

 

i

LATIN SMALL

LETTER I

U+0069

none

 

none

 

 

 

j

LATIN SMALL

LETTER J

U+006A

none

 

none

 

 

 

k

LATIN SMALL

LETTER K

U+006B

none

 

none

 

 

 

l

LATIN SMALL

LETTER L

U+006C

none

 

none

 

 

 

m

LATIN SMALL

LETTER M

U+006D

none

 

none

 

 

 

n

LATIN SMALL

LETTER N

U+006E

none

 

none

 

 

 

o

LATIN SMALL

LETTER O

U+006F

none

 

none

 

 

 

p

LATIN SMALL

LETTER P

U+0070

none

 

none

 

 

 

q

LATIN SMALL

LETTER Q

U+0071

none

 

none

 

 

 

r

LATIN SMALL

LETTER R

U+0072

none

 

none

 

 

 

s

LATIN SMALL

LETTER S

U+0073

none

 

none

 

 

 

t

LATIN SMALL

LETTER T

U+0074

none

 

none

 

 

 

u

LATIN SMALL

LETTER U

U+0075

none

 

none

 

 

 

v

LATIN SMALL

LETTER V

U+0076

none

 

none

 

 

 

w

LATIN SMALL

LETTER W

U+0077

none

 

none

 

 

 

x

LATIN SMALL

LETTER X

U+0078

none

 

none

 

 

 

y

LATIN SMALL

LETTER Y

U+0079

none

 

none

 

 

 

z

LATIN SMALL

LETTER Z

U+007A

none

 

none

 

 

 

{

LEFT CURLY

BRACKET

U+007B

(

U+0028

none

 

 

 

|

VERTICAL LINE

U+007C

/

U+002F

none

 

 

 

}

RIGHT CURLY

BRACKET

U+007D

)

U+0029

none

 

 

 

~

TILDE

U+007E

-

U+002D

none

 

 

 



<control>:

DELETE

U+007F

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0080

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0081

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0082

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0083

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0084

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0085

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0086

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0087

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0088

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0089

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+008A

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+008B

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+008C

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+008D

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+008E

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+008F

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0090

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0091

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0092

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0093

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0094

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0095

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0096

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0097

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0098

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+0099

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+009A

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+009B

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+009C

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+009D

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+009E

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

<control>:

U+009F

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

 

NO-BREAK

SPACE

U+00A0

space

U+0020

space

U+0020

 

 

¡

INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK

U+00A1

.

U+002E

none

 

 

ES

¢

CENT SIGN

U+00A2

.

U+002E

none

 

 

 

£

POUND SIGN

U+00A3

.

U+002E

none

 

 

 

¤

CURRENCY SIGN

U+00A4

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¥

YEN SIGN

U+00A5

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¦

BROKEN BAR

U+00A6

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

§

SECTION SIGN

U+00A7

.

U+002E

none

 

 

DE

¨

DIAERESIS

U+00A8

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

©

COPYRIGHT

SIGN

U+00A9

.

U+002E

none

 

 

 

ª

FEMININE

ORDINAL

INDICATOR

U+00AA

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

«

LEFT-POINTING

DOUBLE ANGLE

QUOTATION

MARK

U+00AB

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¬

NOT SIGN

U+00AC

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

­

SOFT HYPHEN

U+00AD

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

®

REGISTERED

SIGN

U+00AE

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¯

MACRON

U+00AF

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

°

DEGREE SIGN

U+00B0

.

U+002E

none

 

 

FR

±

PLUS-MINUS

SIGN

U+00B1

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

²

SUPERSCRIPT

TWO

U+00B2

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

³

SUPERSCRIPT

THREE

U+00B3

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

´

ACUTE ACCENT

U+00B4

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

µ

MICRO SIGN

U+00B5

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

PILCROW SIGN

U+00B6

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

·

MIDDLE DOT

U+00B7

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¸

CEDILLA

U+00B8

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¹

SUPERSCRIPT

ONE

U+00B9

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

º

MASCULINE

ORDINAL

INDICATOR

U+00BA

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

»

RIGHT-

POINTING

DOUBLE ANGLE

QUOTATION

MARK

U+00BB

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¼

VULGAR

FRACTION ONE

QUARTER

U+00BC

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

½

VULGAR

FRACTION ONE

HALF

U+00BD

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¾

VULGAR

FRACTION

THREE

QUARTERS

U+00BE

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

¿

INVERTED

QUESTION MARK

U+00BF

?

U+003F

none

 

 

ES

À

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A WITH

GRAVE

U+00C0

A

U+0041

none

 

 

FR,IT,PT

Á

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A WITH

ACUTE

U+00C1

A

U+0041

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

NL,PT,SK,ES

Â

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00C2

A

U+0041

none

 

 

FR,NL,PT,

RO,TR

Ã

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A WITH

TILDE

U+00C3

A

U+0041

none

 

 

PT

Ä

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00C4

A

U+0041

none

 

 

EE,DE,FI,NL,

SK,SE

Å

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER A WITH

RING ABOVE

U+00C5

A

U+0041

none

 

 

DK,FI,NO,SE

Æ

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER AE

U+00C6

A

U+0041

none

 

 

DK,FR,IS,NO

Ç

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER C WITH

CEDILLA

U+00C7

C

U+0043

none

 

 

AL,FR,PT,ES,

TR

È

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER E WITH

GRAVE

U+00C8

E

U+0045

none

 

 

FR,IT,NL,PT

É

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER E WITH

ACUTE

U+00C9

E

U+0045

none

 

 

HU,DE,CZ,

DK,FR,IS,IE,

IT,NL,PT,SK,

ES,SE

Ê

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER E WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00CA

E

U+0045

none

 

 

FR,NL,PT

Ë

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER E WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00CB

E

U+0045

none

 

 

AL,NL,FR

Ì

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER I WITH

GRAVE

U+00CC

I

U+0049

none

 

 

IT

Í

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER I WITH

ACUTE

U+00CD

I

U+0049

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

NL,PT,SK,ES

Î

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER I WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00CE

I

U+0049

none

 

 

FR,RO,TR

Ï

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER I WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00CF

I

U+0049

none

 

 

FR,NL

Ð

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER ETH

U+00D0

D

U+002E

none

 

 

IS to be

verified (RS,

HR)

Ñ

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER N WITH

TILDE

U+00D1

N

U+004E

none

 

 

ES

Ò

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O WITH

GRAVE

U+00D2

O

U+004F

none

 

 

IT,PT

Ó

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O WITH

ACUTE

U+00D3

O

U+004F

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

IT,NL,PL,PT,

SK,ES

Ô

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00D4

O

U+004F

none

 

 

FR,NL,PT,SK

Õ

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O WITH

TILDE

U+00D5

O

U+004F

none

 

 

EE,PT

Ö

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00D6

O

U+004F

none

 

 

HU,EE,DE,FI,

IS,NL,SE,TR

×

MULTIPLICATION

SIGN

U+00D7

.

U+002E

.

U+002E

 

 

Ø

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER O WITH

STROKE

U+00D8

O

U+004F

none

 

 

DK,NO

Ù

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER U WITH

GRAVE

U+00D9

U

U+0055

none

 

 

FR,IT

Ú

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER U WITH

ACUTE

U+00DA

U

U+0055

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

NL,PT,SK,ES

Û

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER U WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00DB

U

U+0055

none

 

 

FR,NL,TR

Ü

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER U WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00DC

U

U+0055

none

 

 

HU,EE,DE,FR,

NL,PT,ES,TR

Ý

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER Y WITH

ACUTE

U+00DD

Y

U+0059

none

 

 

CZ,IS,SK

Þ

LATIN CAPITAL

LETTER THORN

U+00DE

T

U+0062

none

 

 

IS

ß

LATIN SMALL

LETTER SHARP S

U+00DF

s

U+0073

none

 

 

DE

à

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A WITH

GRAVE

U+00E0

a

U+0061

none

 

 

DE,FR,IT,PT

á

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A WITH

ACUTE

U+00E1

a

U+0061

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

NL,PT,SK,ES

â

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00E2

a

U+0061

none

 

 

FR,NL,PT,

RO,TR

ã

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A WITH

TILDE

U+00E3

a

U+0061

none

 

 

PT

ä

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00E4

a

U+0061

none

 

 

EE,DE,FI,NL,

SK,SE

å

LATIN SMALL

LETTER A WITH

RING ABOVE

U+00E5

a

U+0061

none

 

 

DK,FI,NO,SE

æ

LATIN SMALL

LETTER AE

U+00E6

a

U+0061

none

 

 

DK,FR,IS,NO

ç

LATIN SMALL

LETTER C WITH

CEDILLA

U+00E7

c

U+0063

none

 

 

AL,FR,PT,

ES,TR

è

LATIN SMALL

LETTER E WITH

GRAVE

U+00E8

e

U+0065

none

 

 

FR,IT,NL,PT

é

LATIN SMALL

LETTER E WITH

ACUTE

U+00E9

e

U+0065

none

 

 

HU,DE,CZ,

DK,FR,IS,IE,

IT,NL,PT,SK,

ES,SE

ê

LATIN SMALL

LETTER E WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00EA

e

U+0065

none

 

 

FR,NL,PT

ë

LATIN SMALL

LETTER E WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00EB

e

U+0065

none

 

 

AL,FR,NL

ì

LATIN SMALL

LETTER I WITH

GRAVE

U+00EC

i

U+0069

none

 

 

IT

í

LATIN SMALL

LETTER I WITH

ACUTE

U+00ED

i

U+0069

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

NL,PT,SK,ES

î

LATIN SMALL

LETTER I WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00EE

i

U+0069

none

 

 

FR,RO,TR

ï

LATIN SMALL

LETTER I WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00EF

i

U+0069

none

 

 

FR,NL

ð

LATIN SMALL

LETTER ETH

U+00F0

d

U+002E

none

 

 

IS to be

verifed (RS,

HR)

ñ

LATIN SMALL

LETTER N WITH

TILDE

U+00F1

n

U+006E

none

 

 

ES

ò

LATIN SMALL

LETTER O WITH

GRAVE

U+00F2

o

U+006F

none

 

 

IT,PT

ó

LATIN SMALL

LETTER O WITH

ACUTE

U+00F3

o

U+006F

none

 

 

HU,CZ,IS,IE,

IT,NL,PL,PT,

SK,ES

ô

LATIN SMALL

LETTER O WITH

CIRCUMFLEX

U+00F4

o

U+006F

none

 

 

FR,NL,PT,SK

õ

LATIN SMALL

LETTER O WITH

TILDE

U+00F5

o

U+006F

none

 

 

EE,PT

ö

LATIN SMALL

LETTER O WITH

DIAERESIS

U+00F6

o

U+006F