ECB PUBLIC Questions and Answers Question : Sending of messages to common components What should be the BAH TO BIC in case a message is to be sent a common component e.g. camt.076 to BILL? Answer Common Components are not relying on the content of the BAH addressing fields for processing the messages. Therefore, users are recommended to put the system BIC in this field but there is no validation performed. 9 www.ecb.europa.eu © Inbound message to CRDM, BDM, BILL Outbound message from CRDM, BDM, BILL BAH FROM Sending party BIC TRGTXE2SXXX BAH TO TRGTXE2SXXX* Receiving party BIC *Recommended value, but not checked by CRDM/BDM/BILL. Any valid BIC will actually work