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EAN Number System
Appendices > Symbologies > Numeric Symbologies > EAN Number System

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The structure of modern commerce requires barcodes to provide increasingly more detailed information about the goods to which they are applied. The EAN/UCC numbering system has become the worldwide standard for supplying this information. Using the EAN number system with certain barcodes enables you to specify data such as location numbers, type of goods, tracking and local numbering authorities. The following chart provides the codes as they apply to Toolkit.

For a complete list of uses for the numbering system, visit the EAN/UCC web site.

Value Numbering Authority
001 - 139 UCC ( U.S. & Canada).
200 - 299 In-store numbers.
300 - 379 GENCOD-EAN France.
380 BCCI (Bulgaria).
383 EAN Slovenia.
385 EAN Croatia.
387 EAN-BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
400 - 440 CCG (Germany).
450 - 459 & 490 - 499 Distribution Code Center (DCC) Japan.
460 - 469 UNICSCAN - EAN Russia (Russian Federation).
470 EAN Kyrgyzstan.
471 EAN Taiwan.
474 EAN Eesti (Estonia).
475 EAN Latvia.
476 EAN Azerbaijan.
477 EAN Lithuania.
478 EAN Uzbekistan.
479 EAN Sri Lanka.
480 PANC (Philippines).
481 EAN Belarus.
482 EAN Ukraine.
484 EAN Moldavia.
485 EAN Armenia.
486 EAN Georgia.
487 EAN Kazakhstan.
489 HKANA (Hong Kong).
500 - 509 e.centre (UK).
520 HELLCAN-EAN HELLAS (Greece).
528 EAN Lebanon.
529 EAN Cyprus.
531 EAN-MAC (FYR Macedonia).
535 EAN Malta.
539 EAN Ireland.
540 - 549 EAN Belgium.Luxembourg.
560 CODIPOR (Portugal).
569 EAN Iceland.
570 - 579 EAN Denmark.
590 EAN Poland.
594 EAN Romania.
599 EAN Hungary.
600 - 601 EAN South Africa.
608 EAN Bahrain.
609 EAN Mauritius.
611 EAN Maroc (Morocco).
613 EAN Algeria.
616 EAN Kenya.
619 Tunicode (Tunisia).
621 EAN Syria.
622 EAN Egypt.
624 EAN Libya.
625 EAN Jordan.
626 EAN Iran.
627 EAN Kuwait.
628 EAN Saudi Arabia.
629 EAN Emirates.
640 - 649 EAN Finland.
690 - 695 Article Numbering Center of China - ANCC (China).
700 - 709 EAN Norge (Norway).
729 Israeli Bar Code Association - EAN Israel.
730 - 739 EAN Sweden.
740 EAN Guatemala.
741 EAN El Salvador.
742 EAN Honduras.
743 EAN Nicaragua.
744 EAN Costa Rica.
745 EAN Panama.
746 EAN Republic of Dominica.
750 AMECE (Mexico).
759 EAN Venezuela.
760 - 769 EAN (Swiss).
770 IAC (Colombia).
773 EAN Uruguay.
775 EAN Peru.
777 EAN Bolivia.
779 EAN Argentina.
780 EAN Chile.
784 EAN Paraguay.
786 ECOP (Ecuador).
789 - 790 EAN Brazil.
800 - 839 INDICOD (Italy).
840 - 849 AECOC (Spain).
850 Camera de Comercio de la Republica de Cuba (Cuba).
858 EAN Slovakia.
859 EAN Czech.
860 EAN YU (Yugoslavia).
865 GS1 Mongolia.
867 EAN DPR Korea (North Korea).
869 Union of Chambers of Commerce of Turkey - UCCE (Turkey).
870 -879 EAN Nederland (Netherlands).
880 EAN Korea (South Korea).
884 GS1 Cambodia (Cambodia).
885 EAN Thailand.
888 SANC (Singapore).
890 EAN India.
893 EAN Vietnam.
899 EAN Indonesia.
900 - 919 EAN Austria.
930 - 939 EAN Australia.
940 - 949 EAN New Zealand.
955 EAN Malaysia.
958 EAN Macau.
977 Serial Publications (ISSN).
978 Books & Paperbacks (ISBN).
979 Books & Paperbacks (ISBN) & Printed Sheet Music (ISMN).
980 Refund receipts.
981 - 982 Common Currency Coupons.
990 - 999 Coupons.

NOTE: Unassigned prefixes are reserved for future use.