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Introduction

An example marking for the identification of the country and production site of a Β500A steel rebar

Steel, either in the form of straight bars or coils, is a completely industrial product thus it has a standard level of high quality. This is the reason why its safety factor is 1.15 compared to the concrete’s safety factor that is equal to 1.50.

Numbers representing production countries

Country

Country’s code number

Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic

1

Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Holland

2

France, Hungary

3

Italy, Malta, Slovenia

4

United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland

5

Denmark, Estonia, Belarus, Lithuania, Norway ,
Sweden, Finland

6

Portugal, Spain

7

Greece, Cyprus

8

Other countries

9