5Prescribed marks for containers

5 Prescribed marks for containers

(1)  In this regulation –

GS1 Standard means the GS1 General Specifications standard published, from time to time, by the not-for-profit international organization known as GS1 AISBL, registered in Belgium on 13 July 2012 with the Enterprise Number 419.640.608;

GTIN barcode means a product barcode that –

(a) contains a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) encoding; and

(b) complies with the GS1 Standard.

(2)  For the purposes of the definition of prescribed marks in section 3 of the Act, an approved container is required to display at least one of the following barcodes on the exterior of the container:

(a) a GTIN barcode that is unique to the class of approved containers, being a class of approved containers that contain a specific volume of a specific beverage, of which the approved container is a member;

(b) a product barcode that –

(i) is unique to the class of approved containers of which the approved container is a member; and

(ii) complies with the EAN/UPC symbology specifications for EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A or UPC-E barcodes, as set out in the GS1 Standard; and

(iii) complies with the dimensional specifications and symbol placement guidelines that apply to the class of data carriers to which the barcode belongs, as set out in the GS1 Standard; and

(iv) does not duplicate a GTIN barcode or another product barcode; and

(v) is not less than 8, but not more than 14, numbers in length.

(3)  In addition to a barcode prescribed under subregulation (2) , for the purposes of the definition of prescribed marks in section 3 of the Act, an approved container is required to display the following information, on the exterior of the container, in a manner that is clear and legible: