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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2013
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q1 2013 from the European perspective.
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GS1 in Europe Business Plan 2013
The Business Plan summarizes the priorities, projects of GS1 in Europe for 2013.
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It all depends on the right GTIN
This document is a recommendation on the use of Global Trade Item Numbers (GTIN) for Fruits and Vegetables.
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European Guideline for the Identification of Railway Assets using GS1 Standards
This document is a recommendation on the use of GS1 standards for wagons and rail parts.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q4 2012
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q4 2012 from the European perspective.
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Overview of some data aggregation solutions in Europe
This document aims at drawing a picture of existing and under development B2C data aggregation solutions across Europe.
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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter - issue 4/2012
This Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including: - GS1 in EU Activities - EU Affairs Follow Up - Upcoming Events
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Get ready for the upcoming Food Information Regulation (EU 1169/2011)
This document describes the requirements set by the upcoming Food Information Regulation (EU 1169/2011) and shows how GS1 standards can help exchange this information between trading partners.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q2 2012
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q2 2012 from the European perspective.
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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter - issue 2/2012
This Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including: - GS1 in EU Activities - EU Affairs Follow Up - Upcoming Events
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Successful business? Every detail matters!
Brochure from GS1 in Europe describing the GS1 System and its benefits in an easy understandable way.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2012
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q1 2012 from the European perspective.
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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter - Issue 1/2012
s Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including recent achievements of the External Relations team, updates on relevant Public Policy Topics, and other important announcements.
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GS1 in Europe Business Plan 2012
The Business Plan summarizes the priorities, projects of GS1 in Europe for 2012. It also includes the OGSM charts for the period of 2012-2014.
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European Harmonised Guidelines Edition 2012
With the publication of the new EANCOM release, EANCOM 2002, European member organisations of GS1 in Europe started to harmonise the existing national guidelines. This European guideline is covering all business requirements used in the participating countries.
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Implementation guidelines for a B2C enabler
This document is an initial step taken by GS1 in Europe to harmonize the basis for the operation of B2C solutions across Europe.
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Rules for using GS1 B2C Trusted Source of Data Infrastructure
This document is a set of basic rules for ensuring a good understanding of all parties involved in the GS1 TSD infrastructure.
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GS1 in Europe B2C message specification proposal
This file contains the XSD format and an example of the GS1 in Europe B2C message proposal using GS1 XML. Most of the mandatory attributes in GDSN have turned optional in the B2C message. Food data attributes from the food & beverage extension have been added to the core message. This message is to be used both for importing or exporting data from a Data Aggregator.
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GS1 in Europe B2C list of attributes
This list reflect the minimum list of B2C attributes to be published by the brands according to the participating European MOs.
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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter - Issue 4/2011
This Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including recent achievements of the External Relations team, updates on relevant Public Policy Topics, and other important announcements.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q3&4 2011
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q3&4 2011 from the European perspective.
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Guideline for the Management of Reusable Transport Items (RTIs) with eCom messages

The document aims not only to provide a concrete technical solution for how to use EANCOM® in terms of management of RTIs but also to provide a common definition of RTIs, provide examples for possible business scenarios and explain the relation between the different GS1 identification keys in terms of RTI management.

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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter - Issue 3/2011
This Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including recent achievements of the External Relations team, updates on relevant Public Policy Topics, and other important announcements.
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'How to start with eGovernment' guide
The ‘How To Start with eGovernment’ guide illustrates the main steps to start and build up new co-operations with the state / public sector. Please note that this document is only for GS1 Staff!
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q2 2011
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q2 2011 from the European perspective.
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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter - Issue 2/2011
This Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including recent achievements of the External Relations team, updates on relevant Public Policy Topics, and other important announcements.
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GS1 - Delivering Value For the DIY Sector

GS1 is the neutral, independent party for the DIY and garden sector, with the ability to make chain cooperation happen, so that improvements materialize for the entire sector

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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2011
The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q1 2011 from the European perspective.
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Despatch Advice Guideline
The GS1 in Europe Despatch Advice Guideline is based on the framework of EANCOM® 2002, the GS1 EDI standard. The aim of this recommendation is to offer documentation describing the (crossborder) exchange of goods delivery data between business partners in Europe.
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F-ONS: The catalogue of the Internet of Things
A few years, the Internet of Things will revolutionize our lives – much like the traditional Internet has done. When it is completed we will have access to comprehensive information on many individual manufactured physical objects
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Mobile in Retail - Mobile Commerce Report 2011

The consumers’ perception of the HotShopper pilot and Opportunities and challenges for brand owners and retailers.

Mobile phones are becoming part of the shopping experience. Even in a small country like Sweden, we see around one million SMS users in grocery stores every day of the week. When smartphones become ubiquitous, mobile internet access will change how consumers shop for groceries.

The report, published by GS1 Sweden in cooperation with ECR Sweden and Ercisson, can be downloaded here!

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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q4 2010

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q4 2010 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community!

 

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GS1 in Europe MO Account Management Report 2010
The summary report of the GS1 Member Organisation Key Account Management activity in 2010 provides an insight into the different national activities and priorities .

The goal of this activity is to collect information about the different national activities and projects of the European MOs in order to identify opportunities for further collaboration in the near future under the umbrella of GS1 in Europe. On the other hand this activity aims to provide an insight, like a snapshot, into the activities and priorities of each MO (participating in this initiative) so the other members of the GS1 community will have an idea what’s going on there.

The report can be downloaded here (Please note that the report is only for GS1 staff!)!
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q3 2010

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q3 2010 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community!

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Case studies on different eGovernment implementations
The publication provides a collection of short case studies about GS1 Standards’ implementations in eGovernment sorted by the different countries.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q2 2010

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q2 2010 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community!

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GS1 Standards for Cash Handling
The cash cycle consists of various processes for ordering, receipt and delivery of notes and coins. It includes a lot of different cash handlers asking for highly secure and reliable business transactions. The usage of the GS1 Standards improves the efficiency, the security and the transparency of all relevant cash handling processes
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2010

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q1 2010 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community

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GS1 in Europe External Relations Newsletter, Issue 1/2010
This Newsletter provides you with updated information on public policy at EU level, including GS1 EU External Relations Achievements, EU Affairs Follow Up, Conferences with GS1 in Europe Participation, Upcoming Events, MO Section, Contact. The document is only for GS1 MOs!

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GS1 in Europe eCom Startegy
After more than 20 years of success implementing EDI with EANCOM® and GS1 XML, one matter still remains a challenge: Seamless interoperability across countries, sectors and business domains. The reality is that EANCOM® and GS1 XML face competing implementations of other standards and the GS1 tendency to adapt the global recommendation to national needs, being especially true for EANCOM®, has led to a proliferation of national and sector specific user guides reflecting the needs of the user communities, rendering cross-sector, cross-border, and cross-platform communication more difficult. This development is contrary to the vision of providing a “global language of business” to the users.
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Guidelines For running pilots with GS1 DataBar
With the adoption of the GS1 DataBar in 2010, some retailers in Europe are asking GS1 to provide guidelines to enable pilots in order to learn about the business opportunities and the technical impacts on the Point-of-sale equipments.
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GS1 in Europe Business Plan for 2010
The business plan describes the mission, goals and priorities of GS1 in Europe for 2010. The document also includes the detailed PDDs of the different projects and activities.    
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q4 2009

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q4 2009 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community

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GS1 and eGov Survey Report
The eGov gather and share project was designed to take an inventory of eGovernment touch points in the 44 countries in GS1 in Europe. 15 MOs participated directly in the project with 27 individuals participating at varying levels of activity.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q3 2009

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q3 2009 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community

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GS1 Standards along the Supply Chain of Consumer Electronics

Benefits derive on all levels along the global supply chain for consumer electronics, if all participants reduce the complexity and the diversity of existing relationships – for example by using the same language for business – based on globally valid solutions.

GS1 Standards provide such a solution and help companies to face the following challenges.
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GS1 contributes to the modernisation of EU's ICT standardisation
GS1 responses to the EU Commission’s consultation on modernising of ICT standardisation in the EU
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q2 2009


The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP in Q2 2009 from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community

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GS1 in Europe Data Pool Report 2009 Q1
The excel sheet provides an insight into the current status of European Data Pools.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2009

The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community.

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GS1 System


The publication provides a comprehensive insight into the GS1 System. In the paper you will find detailed description about the different parts of GS1 and how these parts are bound together to form a unique, standardized set of solutions for the global supply chain.


 

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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q4 2008


The report provides an insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective.

For more details please download the report here!

Note: the document is only for the GS1 Community.

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Applying Global Upstream Supply Initiative (GUSI): A Case Study at NOVOZYMES A/S Denmark


The following case study has been written as a result of the extraordinary success that has been recorded by a Danish  based  company  in  applying  the GS1/GCI (Global  commerce  initiative) Global Upstream Supply Initiative (GUSI) standards. 
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q3 2008

In this report you can get an insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective.

Here you can download the Q3 2008 report.
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GLN application in the public sector - Case Study: Ministry of Finance, Denmark



The GS1 Global Location Number (GLN) is now a mandatory component of the Danish government’s eInvoicing initiative where each public sector institution is required by law to have a GLN.

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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q2 2008


The  document aims to provide a detailed insight into the processes, status and results of GSMP from the European perspective.
The Q2 2008 ELS report is available for download here.
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Questions & Answers on GS1 and Waste Management

 

The leaflet aims to introduce in brief the solutions provided by GS1 to Waste Management as a sector.

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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2008
 
The objective of this document is to give you a more detailed insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective.
Here you can download the entire Q1 2008 report.
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The European Guide to implement EPC/RFID for Retailers and their Suppliers
The adoption of EPC and RFID technology is expanding rapidly in different regions of the world, including in Europe. Since the technology is based on its potential to improve business processes across the global value chain, it has been championed by more and more industries. In order to use EPC and RFID efficiently, all companies involved need to agree initially on basic specifications and standards about how to implement this technology. The European Guide supports companies to prepare their deployment and to protect their investment while increasing confidence to those who are new to the technology.

Taking into account that GS1 EPCglobal standards are in place now, there is still the need for guidelines and references of good practices to facilitate any future EPC implementations in Europe. Hence, the initiative of different European retailers and consumer goods manufacturers to come together and develop the European Guide. Major stakeholders in the retail environment like Carrefour, Henkel, Kraft International, Metro Group, Nestle, P&G and Rewe Group have all actively participated in this joint collaborative effort and agreed on the content of the European Guide.

The guideline are available in English, German and Ferench! To download click on "more"! 
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q4 2007


The objective of this document is to give you a more detailed insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective. Here you can download the Q4 report.

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Waste Management using the GS1 Standards - General Overview

This is general oeverview of the Waste Management guideline. The guideline is the result of a two year long GS1 in Europe project.
The goal of the project was to prove the suitability and the potential of GS1 Standards and Solutions in the field of Waste Management. It aims to provide a proper and common solution for all those companies, organizations and public administration sectors which are affected by the EU Decrees.
As always, GS1 offers a solution by implementing that each affected parties operating either in the traditional supply chain (e.g. producers, retailers, etc.) or in the inverse supply (e.g. co-ordination organizational, waste handlers etc.) chain will be able to fulfil the European legal requirements and beyond that will be able to realize economic benefit as well.
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European EPC Activities

 

This document gives a short overview about the different European EPC related activities run by GS1 in Europe and EPCglobal.

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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q3 2007
The objective of this document is to give you a more detailed insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective. Here you can download the Q3 report.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q2 2007
The objective of this document is to give you a more detailed insight into the processes and results of GSMP from the European perspective. Here you can download the Q2 report.
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Creating a succesful data pool business
A report which is an outcome of the European project, DPA. The report aims to support you in creating a succesful data pool business.
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GS1 in Europe Logistic Label
These guidelines are an outcome of the GS1 Europe project aimed at harmonizing the use of logistic labels across Europe. The document sets out best practice recommendations for identifying and labeling logistic units, for example pallets, using the GS1 System. Its aim is to  provide a common approach to labeling logistic units across Europe with an internationally accepted numbering and bar coding system – the GS1 System.
These guidelines have been agreed by 25 GS1 European Member Organizations, and are printed and distributed across Europe. All companies are strongly encouraged to adopt these guidelines in order to simplify the implementation of logistic labels and to remove differences across Europe.
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GS1 in Europe - ELS in GSMP Report Q1 2007
The objective of this document is to give you a little bit more detailed insight into the processes and results of GSMP.
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Leaflets introducing some of the GS1 in Europe's projects

These leaflets give an insight into some of the projects and results of GS1 in Europe.

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The Benefits and Challenges for GS1 in UN/CEFACT Participation

 

Continued GS1 participation at UN/CEFACT will ensure that GS1 solutions are truly international in their make-up and as such will facilitate the propagation of EDI (XML, EANCOM, web-based solutions) throughout the supply chain.GS1 recognises the benefits of global standardisation and has consequently always been at the forefront of International business standards development representing its users’ business requirements in syntax and symobology.

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Status of data synchronization in Europe Summer 2006
This report describes the status of data synchronization in Europe, country by country, as of summer 2006. 
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GDSN in Europe Status Issues and Barriers
The European industry is moving through a significant change program as it deploys new methods of  aligning and synchronizing data between  suppliers and retailers. . Progress is being made with deployment of GDSN but there is a belief that more progress can be made.This project was created jointly by GS1 in Europe and GDSN Inc. to:
  • Understand the current status of data synchronization in Europe
  • Document the barriers and issues to success
This report and the activities of the European GDSN Working Group in summer 2006 are seen as preparation for a phase where actions plans will be developed to accelerate success and overcome issues.  The report focuses on the grocery sector.
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Fruits & Vegetables GTIN Allocation Rules

Within the framework of the deployment of European trading relationships, companies have encountered divergences in identifying Fruit&Vegetable products as a result of the use of different identification approaches from one country to another and equally diverging business practices. These companies have asked GS1 in Europe to harmonise the way of dealing with Fruit&Vegetable products in Europe.
Within the frame of Fruits & Vegetables Harmonisation Project this guideline was prepared.

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EDIINT AS1 and EDIINT AS2 user guide


This guide help user companies to exchange business data across European countries and fosters European trade relations. This includes, in the first step, harmonised guidelines for EANCOM®  implementation in Europe.
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Introducing GS1 in Europe



GS1 in Europe is a collaboration of 41 GS1 member organisations. We lead the creation and implementation of harmonised, user-driven solutions for improving the supply and demand chain of European companies.

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Global Standards and Solutions in Waste Management


This brochure is to introduce the suitability and the potential of GS1 Standards and Solutions in the field of Waste Management. It aims to provide a proper and common solution for all those companies, organizations and public administration sectors which are affected by the EU Decrees. As always, GS1 offers a solution by implementing that each affected parties operating either in the traditional supply chain (e.g. producers, retailers, etc.) or in the inverse supply (e.g. co-ordination organizational, waste handlers etc.) chain will be able to fulfil the European legal requirements and beyond that will be able to realize economic benefit as well.

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