Consumer Product Variant (CPV) identifies product variations that are considered insignificant to supply chain business processes, and therefore normally use the same Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), but that may be important to consumers.
The latest version (currently version 1.1.0) is always available at https://ref.gs1.org/guidelines/cpv/. Permanent links to specific versions are listed below.
- Version 1.0.0
- Published June 2018
- https://ref.gs1.org/guidelines/cpv/1.0.0/
- Version 1.1.0
- Published November 2024
- https://ref.gs1.org/guidelines/cpv/1.1.0/