GB/T 16696-2025Small craft - Craft identification - Coding system (English PDF)

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.

This document replaces GB/T 16696-2008 "Small Boat Hull Identification Code". Compared with GB/T 16696-2008, except for the structural adjustment, In addition to the integration and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows.

a) Added the terms and definitions of "country of manufacturer" and "small craft" (see 3.3 and 3.4);

b) The manufacturer identification code requirements have been changed (see 4.2 to 4.6 and 5.2, 4.2 to 4.6 and 5.2 of the 2008 edition).

This document is equivalent to ISO 10087:2022 "Small craft hull identification code system".

1 Scope

This document specifies a coding system for identifying the following elements of any small craft.

---Manufacturer's country identification code;

---Manufacturer identification code;

---Serial number;

---Month and year of manufacturing;

---Model year.

This document applies to small craft of all types and materials with a hull length LH not exceeding 24m.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute the essential clauses of this document through normative references in this document.

For referenced documents without a date, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for referenced documents without a date, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to this document.

ISO 3166-1:2020 Codes for names of countries and regions and their administrative divisions Part 1: Country and area codes

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.