The EAN-13 barcode is used worldwide for marking products often sold at retail point of sale. The numbers encoded in EAN-13 barcodes are product identification numbers, which are also called Japanese Article Number (JAN) in Japan. All the numbers encoded in UPC and EAN barcodes are known as Global Trade Item Numbers (GTIN), and they are used to uniquely identify a product.
Each EAN-13 barcode consists of a 13-digit number that is divided into the following sections:
- The first two or three digits represent the country code assigned by the GS1 to a national or geographic region's GS1 member organization.
- The next digits (the rest of the first six or seven digits) are the organization or company code, assigned by the national GS1 organization.
- The following five or four digits are the product code, assigned by the company itself.
- The last digit is the check digit, used to verify that the barcode has been scanned correctly.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of EAN-13 country codes for various countries:
000–019: UPC-A compatible - United States and Canada
020–029: Restricted distribution (MO defined)
030–039: UPC-A compatible - United States drugs (see U.S. National Drug Code)
040–049: Restricted distribution (MO defined), UPC-A compatible
050–059: Coupons
060–099: UPC-A compatible - United States and Canada
100–139: United States
200–299: Restricted distribution (MO defined)
300–379: France and Monaco
380: Bulgaria
383: Slovenia
385: Croatia
387: Bosnia and Herzegovina
400–440: Germany
450–459 & 490–499: Japan
460–469: Russia
470: Kyrgyzstan
471: Taiwan
474: Estonia
475: Latvia
476: Azerbaijan
477: Lithuania
478: Uzbekistan
479: Sri Lanka
480: Philippines
481: Belarus
482: Ukraine
484: Moldova
485: Armenia
486: Georgia
487: Kazakhstan
488: Tajikistan
489: Hong Kong
500–509: United Kingdom
520–521: Greece
528: Lebanon
529: Cyprus
530: Albania
531: North Macedonia
535: Malta
539: Ireland
540–549: Belgium and Luxembourg
560: Portugal
569: Iceland
570–579: Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland
590: Poland
594: Romania
599: Hungary
600–601: South Africa
603: Ghana
604: Senegal
608: Bahrain
609: Mauritius
611: Morocco
613: Algeria
615: Nigeria
616: Kenya
618: Ivory Coast
619: Tunisia
621: Syria
622: Egypt
624: Libya
625: Jordan
626: Iran
627: Kuwait
628: Saudi Arabia
629: United Arab Emirates
640–649: Finland
690–699: China
700–709: Norway
729: Israel
730–739: Sweden
740: Guatemala
741: El Salvador
742: Honduras
743: Nicaragua
744: Costa Rica
745: Panama
746: Dominican Republic
750: Mexico
754–755: Canada
759: Venezuela
760–769: Switzerland and Liechtenstein
770–771: Colombia
773: Uruguay
775: Peru
777: Bolivia
778–779: Argentina
780: Chile
784: Paraguay
786: Ecuador
789–790: Brazil
800–839: Italy, San Marino and Vatican City
840–849: Spain and Andorra
850: Cuba
858: Slovakia
859: Czech Republic
860: Serbia
865: Mongolia
867: North Korea
868–869: Turkey
870–879: Netherlands
880: South Korea
884: Cambodia
885: Thailand
888: Singapore
890: India
893: Vietnam
896: Pakistan
899: Indonesia
900–919: Austria
930–939: Australia
940–949: New Zealand
950: GS1 Global Office
955: Malaysia
958: Macau
960–969: GS1 Global Office (GTIN-8 allocations)
977: Serial publications (ISSN)
978–979: Bookland (ISBN)
980: Refund receipts
981–984: Coupon identification for common currency areas
990–999: Coupon identification
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