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A UPC barcode. The Universal Product Code (UPC or UPC code) is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.. The chosen symbology has bars (or spaces) of exactly 1, 2, 3, or 4 units wide each; each decimal digit to be encoded consists of two bars and two spaces chosen to have a total width of 7 units, in both an "even" and an "odd" parity form, which enables ...
387. Bosnia and Herzegovina. 389. Montenegro. 390. Republic of Kosovo (EAN-imposed, no GS1 Member Organisation) [ 2] 400–440. Germany (440 code inherited from former East Germany upon reunification in 1990) 450–459.
Zone 5 uses eight 2-digit codes (51–58) and two sets of 3-digit codes (50x, 59x) to serve South and Central America. Zone 6 uses seven 2-digit codes (60–66) and three sets of 3-digit codes (67x–69x) to serve Southeast Asia and Oceania. Zone 7 uses an integrated numbering plan; two digits (7x) determine the area served: Russia or Kazakhstan.
In 1974, the Uniform Code Council (UCC) was founded to administer the standard. [1] On 26 June 1974, a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum became the first ever product with a barcode to be scanned in a shop. [1] [3] In 1976, the original 12-digit code was expanded to 13 digits, which allowed the identification system to be used outside the U.S.
The most commonly used EAN standard is the thirteen-digit EAN-13, a superset of the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC-A) standard developed in 1970 by George J. Laurer. [1] An EAN-13 number includes a 3-digit GS1 prefix (indicating country of registration or special type of product).
The Electronic Product Code ( EPC) is designed as a universal identifier (using an idiosyncratic numerical code for each different commodity [1]) that provides a unique identity for every physical object anywhere in the world, for all time. The EPC structure is defined in the EPCglobal Tag Data Standard, [2] which is a freely available standard.
Resin identification code. The ASTM International Resin Identification Coding System, often abbreviated RIC, is a set of symbols appearing on plastic products that identify the plastic resin out of which the product is made. [ 1] It was developed in 1988 by the Society of the Plastics Industry (now the Plastics Industry Association) in the ...
Global Trade Item Number. The Global Trade Item Number ( GTIN) is an identifier for trade items, developed by the international organization GS1. [ 1] Such identifiers are used to look up product information in a database (often by entering the number through a barcode scanner pointed at an actual product) which may belong to a retailer ...