Croatian National Codification

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The AIM of implementing the identification and codification of material resources in the Ministry and the Armed Forces is to provide data on material resources from suppliers who provide the defense systems with the necessary information for managing the life cycle of the asset in order to enable the harmonization of logistical communication, data exchange and interoperability, thereby achieving greater efficiency of the logistics and supply chain management system.

IDENTIFICATION is a procedure in implementing the codification process that defines the characteristics necessary for identifying an asset and represents the necessary data that determines its basic characteristics, i.e. those characteristics that give the asset its unique character and make it different from any other.

CODIFICATION is the procedure for assigning a codification designation in the NATO codification system and the national codification system so that the identification, classification, naming and description of the asset ensures uniqueness. The codification designation consists of the numerical part of the designation, the description of the material asset and the unit of measure.

The basic principle of codification is that material means, in accordance with the norms of HRVN STANAG 3150 and HRVN STANAG 3151, are assigned one codification designation if they meet the following criteria:

  • have an identical or almost identical shape
  • have the same method of use or installation location
  • have the same functionality.

In the Ministry and the Armed Forces, the following CODIFICATION DESIGNATIONS are applied:

  • National codification designation
  • NATO codification designation
  • Nomenclature designation

The NATIONAL CODIFICATION DESIGNATION is awarded to material resources that are in use in the Ministry and the Armed Forces and for which material records are kept. The national codification designation is not assigned to real estate in the Ministry and the Croatian Armed Forces. The national codification designation consists of the codification number and other codification data (name, description, unit of measure, reference, manufacturer’s designation, etc.).

NATO CODIFICATION DESIGNATION is assigned to material resources in accordance with the rules and procedures of the NATO codification system. The NATO codification designation is used in its unchanged form upon its acceptance, as a national codification designation, into the logistics information system and material records of the Ministry and the Croatian Armed Forces.

NOMENCLATURE DESIGNATION (pre-NATO designation) consists of a nomenclature number and other codification data (name, description and unit of measure) and is used for non-prospective material resources that are still in use in the Ministry and the Armed Forces until the completion of life cycle management and logistics and supply chain management of the material resources in question. This is a designation that was used before the introduction of a modern national codification system based on the NATO codification system.