03 May 2009
it is used to identify any party or location which can be addressed, such as:
Legal entities: Whole companies, subsidiaries or divisions such as a supplier, customer, bank, forwarder etc.; Physical entities: A particular room in a building, a warehouse or warehouse gate, delivery point; Functional entities: A specific department within a legal entity (e.g. accounting) GLNs are allocated by EAN India, as a seperate service
The use of EAN location number provides companies with a method of identifying locations within and outside their company that are:
Unique: With a simple structure, facilitating secure processing and transmission of data; Multi-sectoral: The non-significant characteristic of the EAN numbers allows any location to be identified and consequently any business regardless of its activity; International: EAN location numbers are unique worldwide. Moreover, the international network of EAN Numbering Organizations, covering more than 80 countries, provides support in the local language. Structure of EAN location numbers
8 9 0 X X X X X X X X C
First three digits are country code, next nine digits are location numbers allocated by EAN India and the last digit is the check digit.
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