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Last updated: 31.03.2021
Code means a character string used as an abbreviated means of: a) recording or identifying information, b) representing or identifying information using a specific symbolic form that can be recognised by computer.
(Source: Standard for electronic ship reporting EU/164/2010)
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Code means a systematic representation of specific signals or values by another set of signals or values, which has to conform to a definite set of rules. (Source: International Electro Technical Commission) Code means a character string used as an abbreviated means of recording or identifying information. (Source: Standard Electronic Reporting CCR version 1.2 2006)