The Centre for Identification Systems offers GLN registration services to consumers under an outsourcing agreement and is looking for partners interested in a distribution services agreement.

A Global Location Number (GLN) does not entitle you to receive a GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) barcode.

The GLN is intended solely for use in electronic data interchange.

A significant volume of paper documentation is created and processed daily throughout the world. This includes purchase orders, invoices, product catalogs, sales reports, etc. Typically, such information precedes, accompanies, and follows the movement of goods in commercial transactions. In modern business practice, information exchange between partners is accomplished through electronic data interchange (EDI), presented in a standardized format.

The GS1 system provides a universal method for identifying parties and their locations.

A GLN (Global Location Number) is a single international identification number designed to accurately and concisely identify both enterprises as a whole and their branches and divisions; Departments that do not have the status of independent business entities (e.g., accounting, payroll, supply, sales, etc.). In addition, the GLN is intended to identify physical objects (a separate room in a building, a warehouse, a delivery point, or a transfer point).

A step-by-step procedure for assigning a global GLN is available on the "Centre for Identification Systems" website here. (in Russian)

The GLN is generated according to rules that ensure each number is internationally unique. To this end, the following format and structure requirements are established:
- it is digital;
- it has a fixed length of 13 digits, which must be processed as a single unit;
- it begins with the numbering organization prefix assigned by the GS1 International Numbering Organization;
- the structure of the digits following the prefix is ​​determined in the order determined by each national numbering organization. The requirements for uniqueness and non-repeatability of assigned GLNs must be met;
- it ends with a check digit calculated from the values ​​of the preceding 12 digits.

Although GLNs are generated according to the same rules as 13-digit trade item numbers, they cannot be represented using GS1 symbology as a GTIN-13 barcode. It can only be applied as a GS1-128 barcode using the Application Identifier in the shipping label or EANCOM messages.

Scientific and Engineering Republican Unitary Enterprise "Intersectoral Scientific and Practical Center for Identification Systems and Electronic Business Operations" (State Enterprise "Centre for Identification Systems") was established in 2006 as a specialized organization in the field of automatic identification technologies and electronic business operations.

The "Centre for Identification Systems" is:
- the lead organization in the Republic of Belarus for the scientific and methodological support of the creation and operation of information resources (systems) on goods (products), their automatic identification, and the provision of electronic document flow in distribution networks and e-commerce processes;
- the owner and operator of the Interdepartmental Distributed Information System "Databank of Electronic Product Passports"—the republican system of basic information (master data) on goods produced and sold in Belarus for the purposes of automated accounting in distribution networks and e-commerce processes;
- an organization responsible for the formation and maintenance of a republican register of standard electronic messages and documents that facilitate electronic data exchange during e-commerce processes;
- an authorized organization for issuing an electronic document management operator (EDI provider) certificate, ensuring the transmission and receipt of electronic waybills, as well as transport (shipping) documents and/or other documents confirming the movement of goods in mutual trade between the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union;
- an accredited scientific organization developing a national system of automatic identification and electronic commerce based on international standards, which ensures the creation, development, and maintenance of state, industry, and corporate information systems for identification, traceability, and electronic data exchange;
- a member of the GS1 Belarusian Automatic Identification Association;
- a member of the Infopark Scientific and Technological Association;
- a member of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a bona fide partner of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
- a resident of the High Technologies Park;
- a developer and systems integrator of automated information systems (AIS) at the state, industry, and corporate levels, specialized software, promotes standardization in its core business, and conducts scientific research.

State Enterprise "Centre for Identification Systems":
- Heads the National Technical Committee for Standardization in Automatic Identification Technologies and Electronic Business – TC BY 24 "Identification" (development of standards in automatic identification and electronic data exchange);
- Collaborates with leading universities and participates in the training of undergraduate and graduate students in information technology. The enterprise operates a branch of the Department of Information Radio Technologies of the Faculty of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. The branch also trains graduate students.
- operates an accredited testing laboratory to verify the legality of use and quality of barcode symbols for all product groups, both those produced within the Customs Union (with the EAC marking) and those imported from third countries, and their subsequent registration in retail chains of the Republic of Belarus;
- develops and consults on the creation and modernization of automated information systems for various purposes based on international standards and recommendations in the field of automatic identification and e-business, including barcoding technologies, radio frequency identification, and integration solutions.

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