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June 2010 - The RTI (Pallet Tagging) Interest Group Guideline was ratified by the EPCglobal Board of Governors and includes:
a)    Detailed descriptions of multi-party business use cases that consider the need for identification and management of pallets
b)    Requirements that relate to what data is to be captured in user memory portion of tag, how it is to be maintained, security considerations. The guides are available at no cost, click here to access them. 

May 2010 - Implementation Guide for the use of GS1 EPCglobal Standards in the Consumer Electronics Supply Chain was ratified by the EPCglobal Board of Governors. This Implementation Guide on the use of GS1 EPCglobal standards in the Consumer Electronics supply chain provides an introduction to the CE supply chain, the GS1 organisation and GS1 standards specifically concerning EPCglobal. GS1 EPCglobal supports the global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) as a global standard to enable accurate information and visibility about products in the supply chain. Key implementation procedures indicating where and how EPCglobal standards could be used and the benefits achieved are outlined. The guides are available at no cost, click here to access them.

April 2010 - Conveyance Asset Tag (CAT) Environmental Testing – Technical Implementation Guide was ratified by the EPCglobal Board of Governors. This EPCglobal guidance document provides guidance for use of Passive RFID devices to label and or identify on Conveyance Asset Tags (CAT). The intent of this document is to bring clarity to the level of testing required for RFID devices throughout the transportation industry. The guides are available at no cost, click here to access them.

16 October 2009 - The Strategic Overview and Technical Implementation Guides for GS1 EPCglobal RFID-based EAS for reusable and disposable tags were approved by the EPCglobal Board of Governors. These guides address all relevant challenges and issues on how to implement an RFID-based EAS solution within a retail environment using existing GS1 and GS1 EPCglobal standards. Read the press release. The guides are available at no cost, click here to access them.

10 June 2009 - GS1 EPCglobal Standard for Discovery, Configuration and Initialization was ratified by the EPCglobal Board of Governors. This specification helps to automate the updating and maintenance of readers on a network. Read the press release. Access an overview and the DCI V1.0 Standard.

13 May 2009  - Guiding GS1 EPCglobal FAQs  on European Commission  RFID Privacy and Data Protection Recommendation published. On May 12th 2009, the European Commission adopted its RFID Privacy and Data Protection Recommendation after 2 years of multi-stakeholder dialogue, including industry (solution providers and final users), consumer groups and standard organizations. The European Commission’s (EC) Press release and text can be found here.

12 May 2009 - GS1 EPCglobal has said in a press release that European Commission’s recently published RFID Privacy and Data Protection Recommendation provides clarity for RFID to move forward in Europe. 

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