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EAN-8 |
EAN-13 |
EAN-13 + EAN2 Addon |
EAN-13 + EAN5 Addon |
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BCT_EAN8 |
BCT_EAN13 |
BCT_EAN13_2 |
BCT_EAN13_5 |
Field of Application
The European-Article-Numbering was initially developed as european-wide unambiguous system for article numbering. In the meantime it has grown to the worldwide unambiguous standard for article numbering.
The idea of the EAN-system is that an article number is worldwide unique for one product of one manufacturer.
Charset / Number of Characters
The charset for all EAN-Barcodes is limited to the digits 0..9. The number of digits is fixed:
EAN-8 |
7 digits + 1 checkdigit |
EAN-8 + EAN2 Addon |
7 digits + 1 checkdigit + 2 digits add-on |
EAN-8 + EAN5 Addon |
7 digits + 1 checkdigit + 5 digits add-on |
EAN-13 |
12 digits + 1 checkdigit |
EAN-13 + EAN2 Addon |
12 digits + 1 checkdigit + 2 digits add-on |
EAN-13 + EAN5 Addon |
12 digits + 1 checkdigit + 5 digits add-on |
Checkdigit
A checkdigit is required and is also included in the label. The barcode library can generate it automatically.
Special Rules
•Labels are required and contain the checkdigit. The label's font has to be OCR-B. Such a font is not shipped with Windows, nor with VPE.
•There are recommended dimensions for the EAN-Barcodes (see below).
•In no case EAN-Barcodes may be used on product packages without being officially assigned. For other internal purposes you can use the intended prefix (see below).
Notes
•Code EAN-128 is a special case of Code-128.
•The EAN code is known in Japan as JAN, with the prefix 49.
•The barcode library also allows to create EAN8 + EAN2 and EAN8 + EAN5 barcodes.
The EAN Numbering System
The first digits of an EAN-Barcode specify a prefix, as a rule a country code, for example 400-440 identify Germany, 90-91 Austria.. Special prefixes allow the use of EAN-Barcodes for internal purposes, ISBN numbering, etc.
Within each country a specific organisation assigns the numbers. In Germany this is for example the CCG (Central for Coorganisation), which assigns a number range to a manufacturer.
Example Germany:
Prefix 400-440 identifies "Germany / CCG" |
3-digits |
400 |
Manufacturer Code, assigned by the CCG |
4-digits |
9993 |
Article Number assigned by the Manufacturer himself |
5-digits |
10505 |
Checkdigit |
1-digit |
7 |
EAN-Prefixcodes
00 - 09 |
UCC (USA and Kanada) |
20 - 29 |
Identifies numberings for internal use |
30 - 37 |
GENCOD (France) |
380 |
CCI Bulgaria (Bulgaria) |
383 |
SANA (Slowenia) |
385 |
CRO-EAN (Croatia) |
387 |
EAN-BIH (Bosnia-Herzegowina) |
400 - 440 |
CCG (Germany) |
460 - 469 |
UNISCAN (Russian Federation) |
471 |
CAN (Taiwan) |
474 |
EAN Estonia |
475 |
EAN Latvia |
477 |
EAN Lithunia |
479 |
EAN Sri Lanka |
480 |
PANC (Philippines) |
482 |
EAN Ukraine |
484 |
EAN Moldova |
489 |
HKANA (Hong Kong) |
45+49 |
DCC (Japan) |
50 |
ANA-UK (Great Britain) |
520 |
HELLCAN (Greece) |
529 |
EAN Cyprus |
531 |
EAN-MAC (Mazedonia) |
535 |
MANA (Malta) |
539 |
ANAI (Ireland) |
54 |
ICODIF (Belgium and Luxembourg) |
560 |
CODIPOR (Portugal) |
569 |
EAN Iceland |
57 |
EAN Denmark |
590 |
EAN Poland |
594 |
EAN Romania |
599 |
HAPMH Hungaria |
600-601 |
SAANA (South Africa) |
609 |
EAN Mauritius |
611 |
EAN Maroc |
613 |
EAN Algerie |
619 |
TUNICODE (Tunisia) |
64 |
Central Chamber of Commerce (Finland) |
690-691 |
ANCC (China) |
70 |
EAN Norge (Norway) |
729 |
Israel Coding Association |
73 |
EAN Sweden (Sweden) |
740 - 745 |
ICCC (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) |
746 |
EAN Dominican Republic |
750 |
AMECOP (Mexico) |
759 |
EAN Venezuela |
76 |
EAN Suisse (Schwitzerland) |
770 |
IAC (Columbia) |
773 |
CUNA (Uruguay) |
775 |
APC (Peru) |
777 |
EAN Bolivia |
779 |
CODIGO (Argentinia) |
780 |
EAN Chile |
784 |
EAN Paraguay |
786 |
ECOP (Ecuador) |
789 |
EAN-Brazil (Brasilia) |
80 - 83 |
INDICOD (Italy) |
84 |
AECOC (Spain) |
850 |
Camera de Comercio de la Republica de Cuba |
858 |
EAN Slovakia |
859 |
EAN Czech |
860 |
YANA (Jugoslawia) |
869 |
UCCET (Turkey) |
87 |
EAN Nederland |
880 |
EAN Korea (South Korea) |
885 |
TANC (Thailand) |
888 |
SANC (Singapore) |
890 |
EAN India |
893 |
EAN Vietnam |
899 |
EAN Indonesia |
90-91 |
EAN-Austria |
93 |
EAN Australia |
94 |
EAN New Zealand |
955 |
MANC (Malaysia) |
977 |
Magazines - ISSN |
978-979 |
Books - ISBN |
980 |
Reimbursement Confirmations |
99 |
Coupons |
Standardized Code Dimensions
Name |
Scaling Factor |
Module |
EAN 13 |
EAN 13 |
EAN 8 |
EAN 8 |
SC 0 |
0.82 |
0,27 |
30,58 |
12,53 |
21,92 |
17,74 |
SC 1 |
0,91 |
0,30 |
33,93 |
23,90 |
24,32 |
19,69 |
SC 2 |
1,00 |
0,33 |
37,29 |
26,26 |
26,73 |
21,64 |
SC 3 |
1,10 |
0,36 |
41,02 |
28,88 |
29,40 |
23,80 |
SC 4 |
1,21 |
0,40 |
45,12 |
31,78 |
32,34 |
26,19 |
SC 5 |
1,36 |
0,45 |
50,71 |
35,71 |
36,35 |
29,43 |
SC 6 |
1,52 |
0,50 |
56,68 |
39,91 |
40,63 |
32,89 |
SC 7 |
1,67 |
0,55 |
62,27 |
43,85 |
44,64 |
36,14 |
SC 8 |
1,82 |
0,60 |
67,87 |
47,79 |
48,65 |
39,38 |
SC 9 |
1,97 |
0,65 |
73,73 |
51,46 |
52,66 |
42,63 |
According to DIN 66236
Addresses
EAN INTERNATIONAL HEAD OFFICE
Rue Royale 145, 1000 Brussels - BELGIUM - Tel : 32.2.227.10.20, Fax : 32.2.227.10.21
E-mail: info@ean.be
Germany: Centrale für Coorganisation (CCG)
Maarweg 133, 50825 Köln - Tel : 49 221 947 14 0, Fax : 49 221 947 14 190
E-mail: info@ccg.de
Web site: http://www.ccg.de
AUSTRIA - EAN-AUSTRIA Gesellschaft für kooperative Logistik GmbH
Mayerhofgasse 1/15, A - 1040 Vienna - Tel : 43 1 505 86 01, Fax : 43 1 505 86 01-22
E-mail: o_ce@ean.co.at
Web site: http://www.wk.or.at/ean/barcode/
