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vehicle.de.hsn

German manufacturer key number (HSN) · Herstellerschlüsselnummer (HSN) provisional

German KBA manufacturer key number, national field 2.1 of registration certificate Part I; exists only for vehicles with a German registration document. Provisional until checked against the KBA key directory; deviations are warnings.

Key
vehicle.de.hsn
Row name (BT-160)
Herstellerschlüsselnummer (HSN) [vehicle.de.hsn]
German manufacturer key number (HSN) [vehicle.de.hsn]

The bare key vehicle.de.hsn is also accepted.

Tier
Optional
Status
provisional
Country scope
de: a national key, used only for facts that the law or an authority of that state defines. See the naming rules.
Representation term
Number (implicit in the national abbreviation hsn)
Value format
^[0-9A-Z]{4}$ (provisional; deviations are warnings)
Grammar
^[0-9A-Z]{4}$
Unit
none
Code list
none
Required when
SHOULD for vehicles with a German registration certificate; otherwise omit
Statutory feature
No
Repeatable
No, at most one row per line
Anchors
  • German registration certificate Part I field 2.1 (national code allowed by Directive 1999/37/EC Annex I II.7)
  • KBA key directory (format unverified)
Carrier and binding
BG-32: BT-160 'Herstellerschlüsselnummer (HSN) [vehicle.de.hsn]', BT-161 '8004'
Values in the test corpus
  • 8004
Source and changes
registry/keys/de.hsn.yaml · Propose a change