Updated 24 March 2025

Terms and conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to all members of GS1 UK.

Background and definitions

In this section you will find all the definitions used throughout the terms and conditions.

Your membership and licences

What you should know about the terms of your membership and the licence you take out with GS1 UK.

Services and obligations

About the obligations of our members and GS1 UK, usage of branding and warranties.

Fees and payments

This section outlines important information regarding member fees, invoicing and making payments to GS1 UK.

Confidentiality and personal data

How your data is used and details about the confidentiality agreement between the member and GS1 UK.

Intellectual property

This section outlines important information regarding GS1 UK’s IP rights.

Liability and indemnity

About GS1 UK’s liability and indemnity in relation to the member’s use of our services.

Suspension and termination of membership

What you should know to avoid your membership being suspended and termination.

Change to membership services and corporate

About changes to the service, advertisement and corporate responsibilities.

The legal bit

In this section you will find information regarding disputes, waivers, severances and other legal aspects.

Unique identification of medical devices

About the terms in relation to the unique identification of medical devices.

Updated 6 February 2025

Additional services terms and conditions

Being a member of GS1 UK comes with the benefits of being able to take out additional services, some of which would otherwise be unavailable to you.

Each of the services comes with a standalone order form and entails its own set of terms & conditions.

A link to each of the below terms & conditions will be provided at point of application when appropriate.

Additional numbers

Covers the conditions of licensing additional GTINs that are not included into your initial allocation.

Barcode image generator

Covers the usage of the barcode image creation tool within My Numberbank.

Barcode image review

Covers the usage of the barcode image creation tool within My Numberbank.

GTIN check

Explains the conditions under when you sign up to the GTIN Check service and our GTIN Check API.

LocationManager

Covers the usage of the GLN managing service for GS1 UK members.

LocationManager – outside UK

Explains the conditions under which you are able to sign up to the GLN managing service when you are a member of GS1 in another country.

TrueSource

Covers the usage of our data pool service for GS1 UK members.

TrueSource – outside UK

Explains the conditions of signing up to our data pool service when you are a member of GS1 in another country.

Coupon Issuer List Service

Covers the use of redeeming coupons for GS1 UK members.

productDNA

productDNA subscription terms and conditions.

GS1 UK Healthcare Conference

Defined Terms of Use for the GS1 UK Healthcare Conference.

Pilot programme

GS1 powered QR codes pilot programme agreement.

Verified by GS1

Terms of service for Verified by GS1.

QR codes powered by GS1

Trademark licence agreement for early adoption programme.

GS1 UK partner programme agreement

These terms and conditions apply to industry partners of the GS1 UK partner programme.