ENI number
The European Number of Identification , or ENI number for short , is a uniform registration number for inland vessels . Since April 1, 2007, all inland vessels in Europe are to be marked with an eight-digit, uniform European ship number according to a Europe-wide uniform procedure. Ships with a Rhine certificate keep their previous official number, also known as the "Europe number", which is only preceded by a "0". The sequence of numbers cannot be changed and is assigned to the ship for life, even when it moves to another country. With this new system, the previous system on the Rhine was largely taken over.
The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine has developed this new identification system for inland vessels in close cooperation with the European Community . It has changed its Police Ordinance and its Rhine Vessel Investigation Regulations in order to introduce the “uniform European ship number”, commonly known as the “ENI number” (§§ 2.17, 2.18 and 24.08 RheinSchUO).
Structure of the European ship number
AAAXXXXX
- A = Code of the competent authority that issues the European ship number.
- X = consecutive number.
Number ranges for competent authorities:
- 001-019 France
- 020-039 Netherlands
- 040-059 Germany (0480xxxxx for numbers that were assigned to commercial vehicles by the Department of Technical Ship Safety, and 050xxxxx for numbers that were assigned to vehicles of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration )
- 060-069 Belgium
- 070-079 Switzerland
- 080-099 reserved
- 100–119 Norway
- 120-139 Denmark
- 140–159 United Kingdom
- 160-169 Iceland
- 170-179 Ireland
- 180-189 Portugal
- 190–199 reserved
- 200-219 Luxembourg
- 220-239 Finland
- 240–259 Poland
- 260-269 Estonia
- 270-279 Lithuania
- 280-289 Latvia
- 290–299 reserved
- 300–309 Austria
- 310-319 Liechtenstein
- 320–329 Czech Republic
- 330–339 Slovakia
- 340–349 reserved
- 350–359 Croatia
- 360–369 Serbia
- 370–379 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 380-399 Hungary
- 400-419 Russia
- 420-439 Ukraine
- 440–449 Belarus
- 450–459 Moldova
- 460–469 Romania
- 470-479 Bulgaria
- 480-489 Georgia
- 490-499 reserved
- 500-519 Turkey
- 520-539 Greece
- 540-549 Cyprus
- 550-559 Albania
- 560-569 North Macedonia
- 570-579 Slovenia
- 580-589 Montenegro
- 590-599 reserved
- 600–619 Italy
- 620-639 Spain
- 640-649 Andorra
- 650-659 Malta
- 660–669 Monaco
- 670-679 San Marino
- 680–699 reserved
- 700–719 Sweden
- 720-739 Canada
- 740-759 United States
- 760-769 Israel
- 770–799 reserved
- 800–809 Azerbaijan
- 810–819 Kazakhstan
- 820–829 Kyrgyzstan
- 830-839 Tajikistan
- 840-849 Turkmenistan
- 850–859 Uzbekistan
- 860-869 Iran
- 870–999 reserved
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
- ↑ Uniform European ship number (ENI) for all inland vessels. Electronic Waterway Information Service (ELWIS), accessed on May 14, 2019 .