EAN 8
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An EAN-8 is a barcode and is derived from the longer European Article Number or EAN-13 code. It was introduced mainly to use on small packages where an EAN-13 barcode would be impractical; for example on cigarrettes and chewing gum packets.
EAN-8 codes are most common in the UK, and as such many UK-based companies use blocks of EAN-8 codes for own-brand products which are only sold in their stores. These are formatted as 1xxx xxxx.