1. All enterprises and institutions that have obtained legal person status in China according to law, as well as private enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with business licenses, can apply for registration of China barcode manufacturer identification code (hereinafter referred to as manufacturer code).
2. Enterprises that use registered trademarks on commodities shall, in principle, have the right to register trademarks when applying for registration of China barcode manufacturer identification codes; Units that legally use other people's registered trademarks can apply for registration of China barcode manufacturer identification code only on the premise of not infringing the uniqueness of commodity codes.
Second, the commodity bar code application procedures:
1. The enterprise applies to the China Article Coding Center (hereinafter referred to as the Center) or its branches for registering the China barcode manufacturer identification code, and fills it in completely as required.
2. The enterprise shall provide a copy of the business license of the enterprise as a legal person (private enterprises or individual industrial and commercial households that have not obtained the legal person status shall provide the business license) and the trademark registration certificate (if the registered trademark is not used on the goods, the enterprise shall issue a certificate), and send it to the center or its branches together with the Application for Registration of Manufacturer Code.
3. The enterprise pays related expenses.
4. After the registration is completed, the Center will inform the enterprise of the manufacturer code in written form and issue the "Member Certificate of China Commodity Barcode System" to the enterprise.
The center will publish the code of the enterprise and its registered manufacturer.