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Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017
22ABarcode requirement
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#### 22A Barcode requirement
22A Barcode requirement
> > (1) For the purposes of this Part, a container that belongs to a class of containers complies with the barcode requirement if the container is marked or labelled with either of the following—
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> > > (a) a GTIN barcode unique to that class of containers,
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> > > (b) a product barcode unique to that class of containers that—
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> > > > (i) complies with the EAN/UPC symbology specifications for EAN–13, EAN–8, UPC–A or UPC–E barcodes, set out in the GS1 Standard, and
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> > > > (ii) complies with the dimensional specifications and symbol placement guidelines that apply to the class of data carriers to which the barcode belongs, set out in the GS1 Standard, and
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> > > > (iii) does not duplicate any GTIN barcode or other product barcode, and
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> > > > (iv) is not less than 8, and not more than 13, digits.
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> > (2) In this clause—
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> > GS1 Standard means the GS1 General Specifications standard published by GS1 AISBL.
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> > GTIN barcode is a product barcode that contains a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) encoding and complies with the GS1 Standard.
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> **pt 3, div 1 (cll 22A, 22B):** Ins 2017 (650), Sch 1 \[7\].