EN 606:2004

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2005
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Bar coding - Transport and handling labels for steel products
Strichcodierung - Etiketten für Transport und Handhabung von Stahlprodukten
Codes á barres - Etiquettes pour transport et manutention de produits sidérurgiques
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 606:2004
ICS:
35.040 Nabori znakov in kodiranje Character sets and
informacij information coding
35.240.60 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in transport
transportu in trgovini and trade
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 606
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2004
ICS 35.040; 35.240.60
English version
Bar coding - Transport and handling labels for steel products
Codes barres - Etiqettes pour transport et manutention de Strichcodierung - Etiketten für Transport und Handhabung
produits sidérurgiques von Stahlprodukten
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 June 2004.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
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Contents
page
Foreword.4
Introduction .5
1 Scope.6
2 Normative references.6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Requirements.7
4.1 General.7
4.2 Materials, print and fixing .7
4.3 Active area.7
4.4 Bar coded information .8
4.4.1 Linear bar coded information.8
4.4.2 Two-dimensional bar coded information .8
4.5 Human readable information.9
4.6 Data elements.9
4.6.1 Selection and status.9
4.6.2 Licence plate number.9
4.6.3 Data element titles .10
4.6.4 Data identifiers.10
5 210 mm x 148 mm transport label.10
5.1 General.10
5.2 Linear bar codes .10
6 84 mm wide and 105 mm wide transport labels .16
6.1 General.16
6.2 Active areas.16
6.3 Data elements.16
6.3.1 General.16
6.3.2 Mandatory elements.17
6.3.3 Optional elements.17
6.4 Bar codes.17
6.4.1 Linear bar codes .17
6.4.2 Two dimensional bar codes.17
6.5 Human readable information.17
7 84 mm x 54 mm handling label.23
7.1 General.23
7.2 Mandatory elements.23
7.3 Optional elements.23
7.4 Linear bar codes .23
8 Base label.25
8.1 General.25
8.2 Data element.25
8.3 Linear bar codes .25
Annex A (normative)  Licence plate number.27
A.1 Scope.27
A.2 Structure.27
A.3 Issuing Agency.27
Annex B (normative)  Data identifiers for licence plate number .28
B.1 Data identifier ‘1J’.28
B.2 Data identifier ‘6J’ for transport unit containing multiple entities of like items.29
B.3 Data identifier ‘5J’ for transport unit containing multiple entities of unlike items .29
Annex C (normative)  Complementary product characteristics; Date area 15 in Table 1 .30
C.1 Data area 15.30
C.2 Data area 15A.30
C.2.1 One line of information .30
C.2.2 Two lines of information .30
C.3 Data area 15B.30
C.4 Data area 15C.31
C.5 Data area 15D.31
C.5.1 Introduction.31
C.5.2 Uncoated flat products in sheet form.31
C.5.3 Uncoated flat products in coil form .31
C.5.4 Long products.31
Annex D (informative)  Reference between data elements in the transport labels and the EDIFACT
Despatch Advice Message (DESADV).32
D.1 Introduction.32
D.2 Explanation of Table D.1.32
Annex E (informative)  Illustration of transport labels .36
E.1 Illustration of 210 mm x 148 mm label (not to scale) .36
E.2 Illustration of 105 mm wide label (not to scale).37
E.3 Illustration of 84 mm x 54 mm handling label (not to scale) .37
E.4 Illustration of Base Labels (not to scale) .38
Annex F (informative)  Trilingual titles for Data elements and Data identifiers.39
F.1 Data area titles .39
F.2 Data identifiers.39
Bibliography.40

Foreword
This document (EN 606:2004) has been prepared by ECISS/WG11 under control of CEN /TC 225, "AIDC
technologies", the secretariat of which is NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by February 2005, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest
by February 2005.
This document supersedes ENV 606:1992.
This document is
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