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© The British Standards Institution 2022

Published by BSI Standards Limited 2022

ISBN 978 0 539 15612 6

ICS 13.310

The following BSI references relate to the work on this document:
Committee reference GW/2
Draft for comment 22/30427555 DC

Foreword

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This British Standard is published by BSI Standards Limited, under licence from The British Standards Institution, and came into effect on 31 July 2022. It was prepared by Technical Committee GW/2, Secure storage of cash, valuables and data media. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to the committee manager.

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Introduction

This British Standard was devised to allow for testing of products used to mark items and materials having value. It is considered beneficial to purchasers or specifiers of these products to be able to make decisions based on a standardized method of testing. The standard recognizes that there is a wide diversity of products and that very few of these are suitable for an identical range of applications.

1 Scope

This British Standard specifies requirements related to products designed to deter theft of the marked asset and to support repatriation of the marked asset when used in accordance with application instructions for the marking of assets. This standard also gives requirements for products used to indicate the source of an item. This standard is intended to be used for marking of private, leisure, commercial and industrial vehicles and associated equipment (the asset).

This standard specifies requirements that enable specifiers and purchasers of asset marking products to determine their suitability for use and provides test methodologies to demonstrate their performance.

Products claiming conformance with this standard require the use of an associated database or asset register to enable identification of the registered keeper of the marked asset. This standard does not include requirements for the design, management and/or operation of such databases or asset registers.

This standard gives requirements for the provision of information to ensure purchasers can make correct use of the asset marking product. This standard neither specifies requirements regarding the method of application of asset marking products nor does it give requirements for design and installation of equipment for the application of marks (e.g. etching equipment).

This standard does not specify requirements for the manufacturing process of the product.

This standard does not specify requirements for any tracking devices, marking of cash or products used to identify offenders who have been tagged with forensic marking solutions. The application of vehicle identification numbers (VIN) to vehicles in accordance with BS AU 175‑3b:1983, ISO 4030:1983 is excluded.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Abbreviated terms

4 Types of mark

4.1 General

4.2 Marking technology and type

5 Documentation

5.1 Quality management systems

5.2 Documents and records

5.3 Labelling of the product

5.4 Documentation for the customer

6 Design and performance requirements

6.1 General

6.2 Mark visibility

6.3 Mark readability

6.4 Mark attack resistance

6.5 Design attributes

6.6 Performance attributes

6.7 Product type test requirements

6.8 Identifying products requirements

7 Test methods

7.1 General

7.2 Provision of samples and equipment for testing

7.3 Documentation

7.4 Application procedures

7.5 Basic functional test

7.6 Conditioning tests

7.7 Simulated attack procedure

7.8 Verifying the ability to identify products requiring identification by laboratory analysis

Bibliography

BS 10121-1:2022

Asset marking products - Vehicles and associated equipment. Specification

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2022