GS1 UK deploys and supports GS1 standards within the UK. It is part of the worldwide GS1 network which develops global supply chain standards and solutions used by over one million companies for bar coding, electronic business messaging, data synchronisation and, through the EPCglobal Network, Radio Frequency Identification.
EAN International and e.centre re-launched as GS1 and GS1 UK respectively on 21 February 2005.