By March 2017, the Saudi FDA requires full compliance with GS1 data carriers on pharmaceutical products: a GS1 DataMatrix with GTIN, expiry date, lot- and serial number. The Ministry of Health in Egypt plans to have implemented a track and trace system by 2019. The planned milestones are assignment of a GTIN for every product by July 2016 and adding expiry date/lot number in a GS1 DataMatrix by June 2017.
In Jordan, July 2018 is the deadline for implementing the GTIN, expiry date, batch number also in a GS1 DM and the deadline for serialisation is by 2020.
Requirements for the implementation of the GS1 DataMatrix barcode for traceability are under developments in the United Arab Emirates and in Oman.

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