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Fighting Illicit Trade

GS1 standards are well placed to help in the fight against illicit trade. The standards below were published in response to European Regulation 2018/574 and are supported by many other GS1 technical standards.

The list of documents is as it was in November 2019. See the archive for any later versions.

The standards
EPCIS for Fighting Illicit Trade Application Standard. Release 1.1, ratified November 2019
FIT Master Data Message Business Message Standard Release 1.0, ratified May 2019
See also the latest version of the GS1 General Specifications, specifically the section covering "European Regulation 2018/574, traceability of tobacco products."