Means EAN European Article Number, a popular code standard similar to the number of universal product code (UPC) used in the United States, but popularly adopted because of its symbolism derived, also adopted by a code number Japanese (JAN). EAN, JAN numbers, UPC, ITF and RSS are called Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) and are used for bar codes used to identify retail items and goods. EAN-8 and EAN-13 symbologies are EAN, EAN codes but incorporate two or three digits at the beginning of the sequence bar code representing the country of origin or special items according to this chart: 00 to 130 United States and Canada from 200 to 290 at the store number 300-370 France 380 383 385 387 Bulgaria Slovenia Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, 400 to 440 450 to 459 of Japan from 460 to 469 471 Russian Federation 474 475 Taiwan Estonia Latvia, Lithuania 477 479 480 Sri Lanka, Philippines, Ukraine, Moldova 482 484, 485 486 487 Armenia Georgia, Kazakhstan
489 of Hong Kong from Japan from 490 to 491 500 to 509 UK 520 528 Lebanon 529 531 535 Greece Cyprus Malta Macedonia, Ireland, 539 540 to 549 Belgium and Luxembourg, Portugal, Iceland 560 569 570 to 579 590 594 Denmark Poland, Romania Hungary, 599 South Africa 600 to 601 609 611 613 619 Mauritius Morocco Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Iran 622 626 Finland 640 to 649 690 to 692 of China from 700 to 709 Norway 729 Sweden 730-739 Israel 740-745 Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras , Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico 746 Venezuela REPUBLIC DOMINICA 750 759 760 to 769 773 775 Switzerland 770 Colombia Uruguay Peru Bolivia Chile Argentina 777 779 780 784 786 789 Ecuador Paraguay Brazil, Italy, 800 to 830 840 to 849 Spain 850 858 Slovakia Cuba Czech Republic 860 869 859 Yugoslavia, Turkey, 870 to 879 of the Netherlands 880 South Korea 885 Thailand 888 Singapore 890 893 India 899 Indonesia, Vietnam, Austria 900 to 919
930 to 939 940 to 949 Malaysia 955 Australia 977 New Zealand newspapers, 978 and 979 980 books receipts for reimbursement from 990 to 999 EAN codes coupons and derivatives are useful to highlight the elements that make patent or trademark belongs to the seller. They are also widely used in publishing the books that mark and other intellectual content printed, often combined with ISBN numbers. While there are five different versions of the numbers of the UPC, EAN only has two versions, but with different supplements to match different bar code making criteria. About the Author: Barcode Technologies offers a full range of wireless solutions, computers, PDA / mobile equipment, bar code scanning, RFID asset management, ID card printers, barcodes verifiers, Metrologic Scanners , barcode labels, barcode tape printer, Check In / Check Out Software, RFID printers, RFID tags and RFID readers.
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