The Centre for Identification Systems offers consumers services for assigning Belarusian GTINs to goods under an outsourcing agreement and is looking for partners interested in a distribution services agreement.

=Please note that only organizations that have received a Global Company Prefix (GCP) from the GS1 Belarus Association (i.e., have a GLN beginning with 4810–4817) and have entered into a tripartite agreement are eligible to register a GTIN with the "481" prefix (Belarus).=

Instructions for creating Applications for assigning identification numbers to goods (products) and generating electronic product passports in the GS1 Belarus system are available on the Identification Systems Center website.

Download the Instructions file. (in Russian)

When completing an application, GS1 Belarus users must include product information necessary to resolve the entire range of issues related to logistics operations and product sales processes, to the extent necessary to automatically generate an electronic product passport in the ePASS system. The structure of this information in applications is standardized, fully aligning with international standards and the information needs of all participants in the supply chain, allowing for the automation of all product tracking processes as they move from producer to consumer.

Send the completed application to gtin@ids.by

After receiving a Certificate of Assignment of GTINs for new products, the registered user can apply the assigned system identification numbers to their goods (products) as linear barcodes, as part of identification devices, or as RFID tags, and use them in data networks and information processing systems. Subsequently, the registered user must use the identification number, name, and other product description details in full compliance with those recorded in the DShK and ePASS in all documents submitted in both paper and electronic form—invoices, applications, orders, catalogs, advertising brochures, etc.

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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