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GS1 General Specifications

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The GS1 General Specifications is the core standards document of the GS1 system describing how GS1 barcodes and identification keys should be used.

Agreed changes to the GS1 General Specifications can be found on the page:

General Specifications Change Notifications (GSCN)

About this standard

This version: 21.0.1

Publication date: Jan 2021

Next version planned for Jan 2022

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