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What is?
Why do I need?
Where can I get?
How do I get?
How much do I pay for?
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• Benefits To Manufacturers
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• Ability to export products to overseas market
  where bar codes are in use among retailers, thus
  enhancing competitiveness and productivity
• Immediate retrieval of sales information at the
  point-of-sale to
• schedule production and control stocks
  accordingly
• 3. Accurate and fast assessment of the sales
  success or failure of new products and product
  promotions
• 4. Utilization of symbol marking to facilitate
  internal operation, e.g. inventory control,
  warehouse management, order taking and goods
  dispatch
• 5. Minimize problems of international
  communication such as
• misspelled product names, eliminating product
  identification
• confusion.
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• Benefits To Retailers
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• Higher checker productivity from reduction of
  labor for item price marking and price changes
• Reduction in shrinkage
• Replacement of manual accounting system by
  scanning system
• Facilitation and simplification of inventory
  control, ordering and receiving of goods and
  product shelving
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• Benefits To Customers
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• 1.      Elimination of price errors at
  point-of-sale
• 2.      Quicker, more efficient checkout service
• 3.   Cash register displays each item and price,
  plus a printed itemized receipt

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Where can I get?
  The GS1 Philippines, Inc. (Formerly Philippine
Article Numbering Council, Inc.), which is
affiliated with the International Article
Numbering Association (EAN-International),
administers the system for the product, numbering
and for machine-readable bar codes, as well as
various associated systems. The system serves as
an unambiguous way to accurately identify every
production in any market in the world.
GS1 Philippines 20 San Rafael Street, Bo.
Kapitolyo, Pasig City Tel [phone] to 98,
637-0557  Fax [phone]E-mail
pancsrvr_at_gs1ph.org, info_at_gs1ph.org
www.GS1ph.org
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• SUBSCRIPTION PROCEDURE
• IMPORTANT!!! FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE
  REQUIREMENTS WILL RESULT IN A DELAY OF PROCESSING
• Step 1. Complete all the requirements.
• For EAN-7, EAN-8, and EAN-9
• Qualifications
• Authorized Capitalization exceeds PhP 1-Million,
  OR
• Number of products exceeds 100 variants/SKU's
  (stock keeping units), OR
• Number of employees exceeds 20 persons.
• Requirements
• SEC / CDA / DTI Registration,
• a. For Single Proprietorship DTI (including the
  original application / renewal form or Form 16)
  
• b. For Corporation / Partnership / Cooperative
  SEC / CDA (photocopy of all the pages of the
  Articles of Incorporation / Cooperation and
  By-laws)
• 2. Fully filled-up Subscription Form and signed
  License Agreement, and
• 3. Audited Financial Statement for the previous
  year (photocopy of all pages).

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For Small Company (EAN-10)   Qualifications a.
Authorized Capitalization does not exceed PhP
1-Million, AND b. Number of products does not
exceed 100 variants/SKU's (stock keeping units),
AND c. Number of employees does not exceed 20
persons. Note A company may also apply to any
of the following subscriber associations,
provided that it is a member therein (1.)
PHILFOODEX (2.) Filipino-Chinese Bakery
Association, Inc. (3.) Coconut Oil
Refiner'sAssociation, Inc.. Requirements 1.
Formal letter stating its membership or
non-membership to any Industry Association(s),
2. SEC / CDA / DTI Registration (photocopy),
a. For Single Proprietorship DTI (including
the original application / renewal form or Form
16) b. For Corporation / Partnership /
Cooperative SEC / CDA (photocopy of all the
pages of the Articles of Incorporation /
Cooperation and By-laws) 3. Fully filled-up
Product List Form(s), 4. Photocopy of latest R3
and R5 (Payment remittances to SSS of the
company's employees, duly received by SSS) if
the company has no R3 and R5, submit a letter
stating the reason why the company has no R3 and
R5, and 5. Fully filled-up Subscription Form and
signed License Agreement
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Step 2. Pay the corresponding fees (as of Feb
2006).
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Approval and Other Subscription ConditionsGS1
Philippines allocates a maximum of two (2)
working days in issuing the Subscription
Certificate, provided that all required documents
and fees are adequately met. Having subscribed to
GS1 Philippines, the entrance and annual fees
will not be refunded for any reason.Payments
can be made by cash or check. Applicants can pay
directly to GS1 Philippines office at 20 San
Rafael St., Bo. Kapitolyo, Pasig City or have the
payment delivered by postal service. Companies
outside of Metro Manila can deposit payment to
any Union Bank branch through CA
00-001-007648-7, or Bank of Philippine Islands
branch through CA 3191-0438-89, both with the
Account Name GS1 Philippines, Inc.
Subscription is issued for a period of twelve
(12) months upon acceptance by GS1 Philippines
and renewable every year thereafter. Failure to
renew subscription by paying the applicable
annual fees for the period of eighteen (18)
months or 1-½ years will automatically cancel
your subscription.
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Seminar for New Subscribers
New Subscribers are asked to attend a seminar on
Introduction to Barcoding scheduled every other
month (please confirm date and time). A Regular
Subscriber may send one (1) representative
to attend for free. Every additional attendee
will have to pay PhP 300.00. Non-subscribers who
wish to attend will be charged PhP 600.00 per
attendee. The EANUCC Company Prefix is
allocated for the subscriber's exclusive use and
must NOT be assigned, licensed or allow its use
by any other company. Sharing of EANUCC Company
Prefix is not allowed. Subscription Forms may be
requested from GS1 Phils. Tel [phone] to
98, 637-0557  E-mail pancsrvr_at_gs1ph.org,
info_at_gs1ph.org Web www.GS1ph.org