---
id: "eu_cfr_number"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["agriculture", "transport"]
country: ["EU"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/eu_cfr_number"
---

# EU fishing fleet register (CFR) number (`eu_cfr_number`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of a fishing vessel in the Union fishing fleet register, assigned by the Member State under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218. It is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the Member State followed by nine letters or digits, padded with zeros on the left. A vessel keeps its number for life and the number is never given to another vessel.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Agriculture, livestock and food (agriculture), Transportation (transport)
- Countries: European Union (EU)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{3}[0-9A-Z]{9}$
```

## Examples

- `ESP000026518` — Spanish vessel ADVIENTO UNO; list of the Spanish fisheries ministry
- `IRL000I14607` — Irish vessel ALANNAH RILEY; list of the Spanish fisheries ministry
- `PRT000020436` — Portuguese vessel CIUDAD DE HUELVA; list of the Spanish fisheries ministry
- `ESP26518` (invalid example) — Series not padded to nine characters

## Translations

- ru: Номер рыболовного судна в реестре флота ЕС (CFR): Номер рыболовного судна в реестре флота Европейского союза (Регламент 2017/218) — трёхбуквенный код страны ISO 3166-1 и девять букв или цифр.

## Sources

- doc: <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/218/oj>
- doc: <https://vessel-register.oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/eu_cfr_number.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/EU/agriculture/eu_cfr_number.yaml>