Chapter I General Provisions

The first publication in order to standardize barcode management to ensure the quality of publications barcode, bar code to speed up the popularization and application publications, promoting the socialist market economy, according to state regulations, formulated.

Article 2 All registered and approved for use in China ISNB, ISSN, ISRC number of publishers, publications must apply for and use the bar code.

Article publication by a group of bar code strips arranged by EAN rule, empty their corresponding characters represent a certain publication information identification. Barcode barcode publications including books, periodicals bar code, bar code products, music and electronic publications barcodes.

Article publication administrative departments at all levels and relevant departments should actively guide and encourage the publishing units regulate the use of bar code publication, promotion and application of bar code technology publications.

The second chapter of publications barcode organization and management

Article Press and Publication Administration is the competent authority of the country of publications barcode work, perform the following duties:

    (A) develop guidelines, policies and regulations of the national publications bar codes;

    (B) revision of the organization, publicity, follow-up and implementation of the relevant standards publications barcode;

    (C) the organization of national publications barcode supervision and inspection;

    (4) to handle bar codes publication of other problems.

Article VI of the National Press and Publication Administration barcode center publications working organ of barcode, under the leadership of Press and Publication Administration, perform the following duties:

    (A) implement the principles, policies, regulations and standards publications barcodes work;

    (Ii) a unified organization, coordination and management of the national publications bar codes;

    (C) be responsible for the nationwide publication barcode technology training, publications, bar code technology consulting and services;

    (Iv) carry out domestic and international exchanges and cooperation with bar code technology-related publications;

    (V) be responsible for approving publication barcode application form, and provide quality standards publications barcode film.

Article VII of Press and Publication Administration barcode center where sub-centers of the province, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the leadership of Press and Publication Bureau, inspection and evaluation, perform the following duties:

    (A) implement the principles, policies, regulations and standards publications barcodes work;

    (B) the organization, coordination and centralized management of publications barcode work in the region;

    (Iii) review and summary of the region responsible for publication barcode application form;

    (Iv) the quality of the region responsible for the publication barcode testing, technical training, publications, bar code technology consulting and services.

The method of making the bid and the third chapter of publications barcode

Article VIII In order to effectively achieve the purpose of publishing management to ensure production quality bar code film publications, publications unified bar code film bar code produced by the Press and Publication Administration Center. Other units are not allowed to engage in this business.

Article IX in Beijing at the central level to the Press and Publication Administration publishing unit bid barcode barcode centers in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the publishing unit bid for the bar code to the local Press and Publication Administration barcode center where sub-centers.

Article X barcode bid according to the following procedure:

    1, book publishing unit bid for the bar code, holding provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central or Press and Publication Bureau, wagons Press administrations, the PLA General Political Propaganda Department issued a letter containing a number of ISBN assignment, beginning and ending ISBN number, the news after the publication of the Department of book Publishing Division's approval, to the center to receive Chinese ISBN ISBN sequence number, checksum, then according to the provisions of Article IX of the bid barcode.

      When reprinting books publishing unit price and the last print is not the same, with the additional code required to bid for the bar code. Publishing unit holders stamped seal barcode application form, according to the provisions of Article IX of the bid barcode.

    2, periodical publishing unit bid for the bar code shall apply to the China Center ISSN ISSN number, the registration certificate and journals carry official seal bar code application form, according to the provisions of Article IX of the bid barcode.

    3, the electronic publication publishing unit bid barcode, held by the Press and Publication Administration Management Division of audio-visual and electronic publishing electronic publications issued approval document issued by the central Chinese ISBN barcode requisition ISBN number and stamped with the official seal, according to Article IX regulations bid barcode.

    4, audio-visual publishing unit bid for the bar code, holding China ISRC center assigned version number and barcode requisition approval documents, bid to the Press and Publication Administration Centre barcode barcode.

Article XI Press and Publication Administration Centre received barcode barcode application form, complete the bar code film production within three working days.

Article XII of publications barcode film module size should be consistent with the national standard GB 12904.

Chapter IV of publications barcode applications

Article XIII non-publication or bar code printed on the bar code does not meet the quality standards of the publication can not be marketed.

Article XIV publishing unit shall be permitted to use a bar code on a variety of publications. Publisher enjoy the exclusive right to their respective barcode publications.

Article XV publishing units shall in accordance with standard bar code printed publications relating to the publication and printing color barcode positions and regulations.

Article XVI printing units shall, in accordance with relevant national standards barcode printed publications are not free to shrink. To use a smaller version of the bar code, the bar code should be central to the Press and Publication Administration noted in the bid to host the bar code, produced by the Centre narrow version of the bar code film, in order to ensure the quality of publications printed barcode.

Article 17 No unit or individual may forge, use falsely publications barcode publishing units.

Chapter V Penalty Provisions

Article XVIII violation of the provisions of the second, eight, 13, 14 and 17 of the regulations, make corrections, and may impose a fine of 5,000 yuan; the circumstances are serious, punishable by a fine of 10,000 yuan.

Administrative sanctions under Article 19 of the chapter published by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the administration responsible for implementation.

Article XX of publications related to bar code management staff abuse of power, corruption, and give administrative sanction by the competent authority; constitute a crime shall be held criminally responsible.

Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions

Article XXI of publications barcode charge in accordance with relevant state regulations.

Article 22 The Press and Publication Administration responsible for the interpretation.

Article 23 These Measures shall go into effect May 1, 2000.