This International standard specifies the different types of fastener inspection documents, issued by the fastener manufacturer or distributor and/or by the external authorized representative, on specific request of the purchaser at the time of the order: ¾ð declaration of compliance (F2.1), ¾ð test reports (F2.2, F3.1 and F3.2). NOTE The term certificate is in common use, however for fastener inspection documents the terminology to be used is test report . It specifies requirements for the content of each fastener inspection document, in conjunction with the order, the relevant standards and/or specified requirements. This International standard applies to finished fasteners such as bolts, screws, studs, nuts, washers, pins, rivets, etc. made of steel, stainless steel, non-ferrous metal or non-metallic material. This International Standard is not intended for special-purpose or specially engineered applications requiring other types of procedures (e.g. initial samples). Examples of inspection documents are given in Annex A (informative). An example of a coding system identifying the sections in fastener inspection documents is given in Annex B (informative).