diff --git a/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/IType.java b/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/IType.java
index fb248bf87d32665d72b85524f9293ff07bb8e6c1..7eac4a9ee9d5be3048076fd7ca0ee33bfd7a348e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/IType.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/IType.java
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ public interface IType extends IGovernor, IIdentifierContainer, IVisitableNode,
 	 */
 	boolean getFieldTypesAsArray(final Reference reference, final int actualSubReference, List<IType> typeArray);
 
+	boolean hasRawAttributes(final CompilationTimeStamp timestamp);
+
 	/**
 	 * Checks if there is a variant attribute among the ones reaching to
 	 * this type.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/Type.java b/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/Type.java
index 95539f4361530f3b62b237e0b901d1c142cedecf..d76e3e495b406baa91c8c636a49e6a2fd267a49b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/Type.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.titan.designer/src/org/eclipse/titan/designer/AST/Type.java
@@ -529,6 +529,43 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	public final boolean hasRawAttributes(final CompilationTimeStamp timestamp) {
+		if(rawAttribute != null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (withAttributesPath == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		if (withAttributesPath.getHadGlobalVariants()) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		final List<SingleWithAttribute> realAttributes = withAttributesPath.getRealAttributes(timestamp);
+		for (int i = 0; i < realAttributes.size(); i++)
+			if (SingleWithAttribute.Attribute_Type.Variant_Attribute.equals(realAttributes.get(i).getAttributeType())) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+		final MultipleWithAttributes localAttributes = withAttributesPath.getAttributes();
+		if (localAttributes == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		for(int i = 0; i < localAttributes.getNofElements(); i++) {
+			final SingleWithAttribute tempSingle = localAttributes.getAttribute(i);
+			if(Attribute_Type.Variant_Attribute.equals(tempSingle.getAttributeType()) && (tempSingle.getQualifiers() == null || tempSingle.getQualifiers().getNofQualifiers() == 0)) {
+				withAttributesPath.setHadGlobalVariants(true);
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	public final boolean hasVariantAttributes(final CompilationTimeStamp timestamp) {
@@ -536,6 +573,10 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		if (withAttributesPath.getHadGlobalVariants()) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		final List<SingleWithAttribute> realAttributes = withAttributesPath.getRealAttributes(timestamp);
 		for (int i = 0; i < realAttributes.size(); i++) {
 			if (SingleWithAttribute.Attribute_Type.Variant_Attribute.equals(realAttributes.get(i).getAttributeType())) {
@@ -551,6 +592,7 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 		for (int i = 0; i < localAttributes.getNofElements(); i++) {
 			final SingleWithAttribute tempSingle = localAttributes.getAttribute(i);
 			if (Attribute_Type.Variant_Attribute.equals(tempSingle.getAttributeType())) {
+				withAttributesPath.setHadGlobalVariants(true);
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -561,7 +603,7 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 	@Override
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	public void initAttributes(final CompilationTimeStamp timestamp) {
-//		codingTable.clear();
+		// codingTable.clear();
 		hasDone = false;
 
 		checkDoneAttribute(timestamp);
@@ -842,9 +884,9 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 		final IType type = getTypeWithCodingTable(timestamp, false);
 		if (type == null) {
 			//FIXME as only RAW is supported for now, we can not report this error
-//			if (!global) {
-//				singleWithAttribute.getLocation().reportSemanticError(MessageFormat.format("No encoding rules defined for type `{0}''", getTypename()));
-//			}
+			//	if (!global) {
+			//		singleWithAttribute.getLocation().reportSemanticError(MessageFormat.format("No encoding rules defined for type `{0}''", getTypename()));
+			//	}
 		} else {
 			final List<String> codingStrings = singleWithAttribute.getAttributeSpecification().getEncodings();
 			// gather the built-in codecs referred to by the variant's encoding strings
@@ -1148,7 +1190,7 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 			last.checkThisValue(timestamp, temporalValue, null, new ValueCheckingOptions(Expected_Value_type.EXPECTED_CONSTANT, true, false, true,
 					false,// can not have implicit omit as this is a type.
 					false));
-	
+
 			jsonAttribute.default_value = temporalValue;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2632,10 +2674,10 @@ public abstract class Type extends Governor implements IType, IIncrementallyUpda
 		switch(encodingType) {
 		case RAW:
 		case JSON:
-	 // case BER:
-	 // case XER:
-	 // case TEXT:
-	 // case OER:
+		// case BER:
+		// case XER:
+		// case TEXT:
+		// case OER:
 			break;
 		default:
 			return;