{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2032/annex/division-4/division-4.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2032/annex/division-4/division-4.3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/2032",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2032 of 20 November 2018 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2007 concerning the technical specifications for Notices to Skippers",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2032",
  "path": "annex/division/4/division/4.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.3",
  "heading": "Identification of fairway sections and objects in NtS messages",
  "text": "To fulfil the minimum data requirements for provision of information about objects relevant for Inland navigation as referred to in Article 4(3)(a) of Directive 2005/44/EC, the ISRS Location Code has to be used in the object section. The ISRS Location Code is used to uniquely identify objects and fairway sections and to ensure interoperable RIS Systems and Services (such as to combine information about infrastructure from the RIS Index, Inland ECDIS and NtS for voyage planning).\nThe ISRS Location Code is a 20-digit alphanumerical code used to establish a unique and standardized relation between objects in River Information Services. It consists of the following mandatory data elements, arranged in four information blocks:\n(a) Block 1: UN/LOCODE (5 letters, alphanumerical), comprising\nCountry code (2 digits, alphanumerical), and\nLocation code (3 digits, alphanumerical, ‘XXX’ if not available)\n(b) Block 2: Fairway section code (5 digits, alphanumerical, to be determined by the national authority)\n(c) Block 3: Object Reference Code (5 digits, alphanumerical, ‘XXXXX’ if not available)\n(d) Block 4: Fairway section hectometre (5 digits, numerical, hectometre at the centre of the area or ‘00000’ if not available).\nThe ISRS Location Codes and the reference data of objects are maintained by the Member States in the RIS Index and submitted to the ERDMS operated by the European Commission according to the Maintenance procedures for the RIS Index published on the ERDMS website.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The UN country codes are defined in accordance with point 2.4.2.12 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 164/2010 (OJ L 57, 6.3.2010, p. 1). The UN country codes are identical to the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country codes."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/2032/annex/division/4/division/4.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:42.938213+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}