# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1744 of 17 September 2019 on technical specifications for electronic ship reporting in inland navigation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 164/2010, Division 2.3.13: Container identification code

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

FULL TITLE
Freight containers — coding, identification and marking
ABBREVIATION
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ORIGINATING AUTHORITY
International Organisation for Standardisation
LEGAL BASIS
ISO 6346, chapter 3, Annex A
CURRENT STATUS
Implemented throughout the world on all freight containers
IMPLEMENTATION DATE
1995
AMENDMENT
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STRUCTURE
Owner code: Three letters
Equipment category identifier: one letter
Serial number: six numerals
Check digit: one numeral
SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION
The identification system is intended for general application, for example in documentation, control and communications (including automatic data processing systems), as well as for display on the containers themselves
LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS
ISO 668, ISO 1496, ISO 8323
USAGE
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MEDIA THROUGH WHICH AVAILABLE
www.iso.ch/iso/en
LANGUAGES
English
ADDRESS OF RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
Bureau International des Conteneurs (BIC), 167 rue de Courcelles, 75017 Paris, France, http://www.bic-code.org/
REMARKS
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Example
KNLU4713308
NEDLLOYD maritime freight container with serial number 471330, (8 is the check digit)
Usage in the implementation manuals
CNI/GID/DGS/SGP/C237/8260

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1744/annex/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744/annex/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.13
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