1 Scope
This document gives guidelines for performance criteria and an evaluation methodology
for authentication solutions that aim to unambiguously establish material good authenticity
and integrity throughout an entire material good’s life cycle. It focuses on the authentication
of a material good and, if appropriate, its components, parts and related data:
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— covered by intellectual property rights;
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— covered by relevant international, regional or national regulations;
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— with counterfeiting-related implications;
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— otherwise with a distinctive identity.
This document is applicable to all types and sizes of organizations that require the
ability to validate the authenticity and integrity of material goods. It will help organizations to determine the categories of authentication
elements they need in order to combat counterfeiting-related risks, and the criteria
for selecting authentication elements, after having undertaken a counterfeiting risk
assessment.
Authentication solutions can be used in areas such as anti-counterfeiting, prevention
of product fraud and prevention of diversion.
This document does not specify economic criteria aiming to correlate performance and
costs of the authentication solutions.