BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN10204:2004Metallicproducts—TypesofinspectiondocumentsTheEuropeanStandardEN10204:2004hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS01.110;77.080.01;77.120.01 CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,,,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN10204:2004ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon25October2004©BSI25October2004ISBN0580446530NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN10204:2004.ItsupersedesBSEN10204:1991whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeISE/5,Technicaldeliveryconditions,classificationanddesignationofsteels,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to10,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,,,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN10204October2004ICS01.110;77.080.01;77.120.01SupersedesEN10204:1991EnglishversionMetallicproducts-TypesofinspectiondocumentsProduitsmétalliques-TypesdedocumentsdecontrôleMetallischeErzeugnisse-ArtenvonPrüfbescheinigungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon8August2004.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2004CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN10204:2004:ECopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,,,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EN10204:2004(E)2ContentspageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope..............................................................................................................................................................42Termsanddefinitions...................................................................................................................................43Inspectiondocumentsbasedonnon-specificinspection........................................................................44Inspectiondocumentsbasedonspecificinspection................................................................................55Validationandtransmissionofinspectiondocuments.............................................................................56Transmissionofinspectiondocumentsbyanintermediary....................................................................6AnnexA(informative)Summaryofinspectiondocuments.................................................................................7AnnexZA(informative)RelationshipbetweenthisEuropeanStandardandtheEssentialRequirementsofEUDirective97/23/EC.......................................................................