4030 (ISO International Standard INTE RNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION+MEXAYHAPOAHAA OPrAHM3AuMA IO CTAHAAPTW3AuMW-ORGANISATION INTE RNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Road vehicles --- Vehicle identification number (VlN) Location and attachment Vehiculesroutiers---Numérod'identificationdesvehicules(ViN)-Emplacementetpose Second edition - 1983-04-01 Ref. No. 1SO 4030-1983 (E) UDC 629.113 : 629.1.018.815 ISO 4030-1983 (E) Descriptors : road vehicles, motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, marking, designation, international identification number, position (location). Price based Copyright International Organization for Standardization tted without license from IHS Not for Resale Foreword ISo (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards institutes (ISO member bodies). The work of developing Inter- national Standards is carried out through ISo technicai committees. Every member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with Iso, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approvai before their acceptance as International Standards by the ISO Council. International Standard ISO 4030 was developed by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles. The first edition (ISO 4030-1977) had been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Austria Hungary South Africa, Rep. of Belgium Spain Iran Brazil Sweden Italy Switzerland Bulgaria Japan Canada Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of Turkey Mexico USA Czechoslovakia* France USSR Netherlands Yugoslavia Germany, F. R. Romania Czechoslovakia approved the International Standard, with the exception of clause 5.4. No member body had expressed disapproval of the document. This second edition, which cancels and replaces ISO 4030-1977, incorporates draft Amendment 1, which was circulated to the member bodies in December 1981 and has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Romania Belgium Germany, F. R. Brazil Hungary South Africa, Rep. of Spain Buigaria Italy Canada Japan Sweden China Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of Switzerland USA Czechoslovakia Korea, Rep. of USSR New Zealand Egypt, Arab Rep. of France Poland The member bodies of the following countries expressed disapproval of the document on technical grounds : Austria Netheriands United Kingdom @ International Organization for Standardization, 1983 . Printed in Switzerland Copyright International Organization for Standardization No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 4030-1983 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number (VlN) - Location and attachment 1 Scope and field of application 4.3 The VIN shall be located in an easily visible position, and in a manner which precludes obliteration or alteration; the This international Standard specifies the requirements for the selected position shall be described in the "Owner's handbook' location and marking of the vehicle identification number (VIN) or equivalent publication. on motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles and mopeds as de- fined in ISO 3833. VIN attachment 5 For the attachment of the VIN, the manufacturer of the vehicle References 2 may choose between the following two solutions : ISo 3779, Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number (VIN) Content and structure. 5.1 The VIN is directly marked1) on a integral part of the vehicle; it may be either on the frame, or, for integral frame- Iso 3833, Road vehicles -- Types - Terms and definitions. body units, on a part of the body not easily removed or re- placed. 3 Definition 5.2 The VIN is marked on a separate plate which, in turn, is permanently affixed to the vehicle according to 5.1. vehicle identification number (VIN) : A structured com- bin