based on an identifier assigned to a vehicle (e.g. for recognition by national authorities), suitable to be used
for:
- electronic identification of local and foreign vehicles by national authorities,
- vehicle manufacturing, in-life-maintenance and end-of-life identification (vehicle life cycle management),
- adaptation of vehicle data, e.g. in case of international re-sales,
- safety-related purposes,
- crime reduction,
- commercial services, and
- adhering to privacy and data protection regulations.
This part of ISO/TS 24534 defines the vehicle identification data. This data is called the ERI data and
includes:
- the vehicle identifier, and
- possible additional vehicle-related information (as typically included in a vehicle registration certificate).
All additional vehicle data elements are defined as optional. It is left to local legislation and/or the discretion of
a registration authority to use or not to use a particular data element. If used, the value is assumed to be the
one registered by the registration authority in accordance with local legislation. This part of ISO/TS 24534 only
provides the syntax for all these data elements.