Buy GS1 Certified Amazon UPC codes - use worldwide at retail stores and online stores worldwide. No hidden fees, no expiration.
All prefix owners prior to August 28, 2002 became exempt to the GS1’s renewal fees and new codified agreement. Hence these prefixes are what I call Gold Standard. They are official, life long, unrestricted codes.
Quoting the UCC Settlement web site:
“This Settlement provides that companies who became members of UCC before August 28, 2002, are not obligated to pay membership renewal fees to UCC to maintain membership as a condition for their use of Company Prefixes issued to them by UCC, or as a condition for Basic Membership Benefits as defined in the Class Settlement Agreement. Class members who have paid a renewal fee to UCC are entitled to compensation from a $3,895,000 settlement fund. The settlement also provides that the “licensing agreement,” which accompanied UCC renewal fee invoices, is null and void as to those who became members in UCC before August 28, 2002.”
