GB/T 12404-1997Coding for subordination of organization (English PDF)

3 Coding method

4 Code table of the subordination of the units

Foreword

This document was issued on 26 May 1997 by the State Bureau of Technical Supervision, and has been in force since 1 March 1998.

It replaces GB 12404-1990.

Classification: ICS 35.040, CCS A24.

About this edition

GB/T 12404-1997 is the current edition. It was issued on 26 May 1997 and has been in force since 1 March 1998, replacing GB 12404-1990.

GB 12404-1990 has been superseded: a specification that still cites it is citing a withdrawn edition.

The interval between issue and effect is the transition period. It exists so that producers, laboratories and buyers can requalify products, revise procedures and use up documentation before the new text becomes the one that applies. The date on this page is the official one from the record of the Standardization Administration.

Classification and status

GB/T 12404-1997 is classified under ICS 35.040, in the field of information technology. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.

Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS A24. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.

The GB/T prefix marks a recommended national standard. It is not, in itself, law: it becomes binding when a contract names it, when a regulation or a mandatory standard refers to it, or when a producer declares conformity with it. In practice that covers most of the cases in which it will be read — a purchase specification, an inspection agreement or a certification scheme.