The Board of GS1 Ireland in preparing its budget for 2012 has again decided to maintain the current rate of fees.  This will be the 4^th year that no increase has been applied.  As part of the process the Board also undertook a review of GLN use in Ireland. This project was prompted by the need to support our user community through furthering the growth of EDI and to prepare Member companies for the advent of product data synchronisation services.

As a result of this review it was decided that the pricing structure for Location Numbers should be rationalised in order to equalise GLN costs across the community. Equalisation will involve a new, single, uniform annual licence rate being applied to all GLNs, regardless of type and use.

The GLN rationalisation will take place on a phased basis over the next three years. This will involve both licence fee reductions and increases, as outlined in the table below, to gradually bring all licences to the same uniform rate of €160.

• The GLN rate will reduce from €284 to €260 with effect from January 2012 and will fall by a further €50 per annum in 2013 and 2014.
• The Additional GLN rate will increase by €20 per year for the next three years
• The former iGLN rate will be €120 in 2012 and will increase by €20 p.a. in the following two years.  

Summary Table

 Note: There is a neutral net effect in revenue terms to GS1 as a result of this rationalisation.

All rates quoted are net of VAT.

Benefits of full GLN status
Following rationalisation all valid and licenced Location Numbers will be of full GLN status for the purpose of Company Identification within the context of the Global Registry, the National Location Code Database (GLN Registry) and for subscribers to the DataSync.ie National Data Pool (Irish national product catalogue service).  If you require additional information about of of these above services please do not hesitate to contact us.