A product classification system developed by EAN.UCC in partnership with ACNielsen and Global Commerce Initiative and was published in 2003

Global Product Classification Task Group GPCTG is in charge of development of this

  1. This product classification is available for browsing for free as PDF documents.
  2. Excel and XML formats are available for a fee
  3. Third parties can offer access to the GPC in PDF format. Other format (apparently including Wiki are restricted and defined in the third party licensee's agreement.

note: A Google search for "Global Product Classification" gives only 349 hits on 12:20, 17 May 2005 (GMT)


See also:

  • EURONICE -European NICE-compliant product classifiaction scheme available in 13 or more langauges as EU enlargens.