ISO/IEC 15420:2025

Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — EAN/UPC bar code symbology specification

Publication date:   Nov 19, 2025

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60.60   Standard published   Nov 19, 2025

ISO/IEC

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture techniques

International Standard

35.040.50   Automatic identification and data capture techniques | 01.080.50   Graphical symbols for use on information technology and telecommunications technical drawings and in relevant technical product documentation

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Scope

This document specifies the requirements for the bar code symbology known as EAN/UPC. This document specifies EAN/UPC symbology characteristics, data character encodation, dimensions, tolerances, decoding algorithms and parameters to be defined by applications. It specifies the symbology identifier prefix strings for EAN/UPC symbols.
Data content and the rules governing the use of this symbology are outside the scope of this document; they are defined in GS1 General Specifications.

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ISO/IEC 15420:2009

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ISO/IEC 15420:2025
60.60 Standard published
Nov 19, 2025