Participants:

3PL, Dispenser, Distributor, Domestic manufacturer and MAH.

Prerequisite:
1. Product registration in appropriate federal system (MoHAP, BrandSync GS1 systems).
2. Entity registration as ‘supply chain partner’ with allocated GS1 GLN.
UAE:
Scope of
regulation

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 • Serialization – secondary packaging
• Data elements; 4 (GS1 format)
• Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)
• Randomized Serial Number (1/10,000 randomization)
• Expiry Date
• Batch or Lot Number

UAE • Aggregation:
Scope of • Manufacturers to aggregate all applicable packaging levels with SSCC
regulation • Trade partners who disaggregate must aggregate with their own SSCC
• Aggregation hierarchy mandatory for UAE;
Secondary Case/Shipper Pallet
• Products exempted from serialization
• General Sales List (GSL products)
• Medical Devices
• Imported for personal use only
• Free Samples
• Stocks being exported from UAE FTZ
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 (01) GTIN
Marked with Unique Serialized Number SGTIN as 2D (21) Serial Number
Data Matrix applied during manufacturing process (17) Expiry Date
(10) Lot / Batch
Secondary Packaging /
Saleable unit

(01) GTIN
Marked with Unique Serialized Number SGTIN as 2D (21) Serial Number
Parent-Child Data Matrix or SSCC as barcode applied during (17) Expiry Date
aggregation manufacturing and/or warehouse process. (10) Lot / Batch

Repacked cases by warehouses will apply SSCC codes.

Case / Shipper
(00) SSCC

Unique Serialized Number Applied during warehouse

process as SSCC codes.
(00) SSCC

Pallet (Logistics Unit)

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 Reporting to Tatmeen: Traceability Events (EPCIS file size 15MB or less)
• MSG1: product and aggregation info
• MSG2: shipment info
Shipping Import Permits – GTIN valid for a maximum quantity.

Process
Flow

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 Customs
Batch Releaser 3PL/WH
(CMO)
Shipment
Serialization & GLN GLN
aggregation

Tatmeen
Destruction
MAH Receipt
events
events
Process Stolen
events
Flow Transfer
events
EPCIS 1
EPCIS 2
Should include the GLN
Notification Import clearance
events
GLN
Distributor

• Message should be referenced with

Shipping Import Permit
• Message sequencing should be
followed
MAH Instance –
manufacturing Distributor Instance – logistics operations
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 SN events to be captured as per MoHAP regulation and reporting to Tatmeen t&t system:

1. Importation into UAE - initial receipt of goods for import clearance and customs release.
2. Sampling for import clearance and customs release/market release.
3. Product transfer between stock holding owners and location within the UAE.
4. Aggregation update within UAE.
Distributor:
5. Product/SN update within UAE.
SN events list
for UAE 6. Export from the UAE.
7. Destruction with UAE.
8. Domestic manufacturing within UAE.

• Events to be reported immediately after the physical event is completed.

• Event messages that are sent to Tatmeen must be in GS1 EPCIS standards.
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 01. Importation into UAE – Receipt event.
• Report the initial receipt of the goods into the UAE prior to import clearance and customs release by
MoHAP and Federal customs.
• Sampling and inspecting events conducted on behalf of MoHAP during import clearance and customs
release process (these events are recorded by MoHAP and/or customs inspector.
02. Sampling events.
• Import clearance sampling for product verification.
Distributor • Customs release sampling for product verification.
Events* • Quality control.
03. Product transfer event – to be reported by both sending and receiving party.
• Shipment
• Return - if shipment is refused by the receiver. Receiver should receive the shipment and then use
return to ship back.
04. Aggregation & disaggregation update event;
05. Exception events;
* Events must be
time stamped Destruction
Damaged
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 Manufacturer
Serialization
System.

Expected Serialization system;

Warehouse UAE
solution map*. • Serial Number Management Compliance
• Event Repository module
• Data Exchange

Edge Device1:
Warehouse
(receiving station)
• Receipt
• Returns
• Aggregation
* Map may get
• Disaggregation
updated after URS
• Sample
Edge Device2:
• Damaged (shipping station)
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• Stolen
your organization.
 Mergers & Updates in
Acquisitions regulations

System Supply Chain

Validation Use-Case
Challenges!

Correctness
Scalability of Data
(file size)
Changes in
data
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 Thank You
for your
valuable
Discussions & Next Steps?
time.

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