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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.

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