European Article Numbering Association (EAN)
European Article Numbering Association (EAN) : An international body responsible for administering the European Article Numbering system. It has affiliates in many countries such as: CCG in West Germany, DCC in Japan, ANA in the United Kingdom. Note: The North American body responsible for the Uniform Product Code (UPC) codingis the Uniform Code Council. (UPC is considered a subset of EAN)