ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8532 Secondedition 1995-12-15 ANSl Internat Doc Sec Securities -- Format for transmission of certificate numbers Valeurs mobilieres Format pour la transmission des numeros de titres et decertificats ISO Reference number ISO 8532:1995(E) No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO8532:1995(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide fed- technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non- governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO_ coliabor- ates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical Standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. International Standard ISO 8532 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 68, Banking and related financial services, Subcommittee SC 4, Securities. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (IS0 8532:1986), of which it constitutes a technical revision. @1SO1995 All rights reserved Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International Organization for Standardization Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Printed in Switzerland i Copyaet yties itional Organizatic n for Standardizatior No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO8532:1995(E) @iso Introduction The widespread application of automated data processing (ADP) has led to a growing need to record and transmit the certificate numbers of securities using electronic media. Automated processing of these numbers requires that their format be defined and standardized at international level. This International Standard takes into account the great variety of security and certificate numbers already in existence. The structure of the certifi- cate numbers of future security issues are, however, governed by IsO 9019 ii No reproduction or networking permtted withou license from IHS Not for Resale