It is very important to note that the draft regulation references global and open standards several times. This reflects what an important role we can play to meet both industry and regulators’ demands.
This is a call to action for at GS1!
Here follow non-exhaustive examples:
- In order to ensure interoperability, the data carrier and the unique product identifier should be released in accordance with internationally recognised standards
- To ensure that the product passport is flexible, agile and market-driven, and evolving in line with business models, markets and innovation, it should be based on a decentralised data system, set up and maintained by economic operators
- Unique identification of products is a fundamental element to enable traceability across the supply chain. Therefore, the product passport should be linked to a unique product identifier. In addition, where appropriate, the passport should allow for the tracing of the actors and manufacturing facilities related to that product. In order to ensure interoperability, the unique operator identifiers and unique facility identifiers enabling traceability should be released in accordance with internationally recognised standards
- ‘Unique product identifier’ means a unique string of characters for the identification of products that also enables a web link to the product passport
- ‘Unique operator identifier’ means a unique string of characters for the identification of actors involved in the value chain of products
- ‘Unique facility identifier’ means a unique string of characters for the identification of locations or buildings involved in the value chain of a product or used by actors involved in the value chain of a product
- The data carrier and the unique product identifier shall be released in accordance with ISO/IEC 15459:2015
- All information included in the product passport shall be based on an open standard, developed with an interoperable format and shall be machine-readable, structured, and searchable
- The unique operator identifiers and the unique facility identifiers shall comply with the ISO/IEC standard 15459:2015
- Customs declarants shall include the unique product identifier in the customs declaration for release for free circulation of any product covered
