# What is ECLASS?

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ECLASS is **an international, widely used data standard for the classification of products and services**. It enables product master data to be exchanged digitally across all borders - across industries, countries, languages, and organizations.

ECLASS promotes international interoperability of data exchange in the supply network with a cross-industry product classification systems and standardized interfaces

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**ECLASS has established itself internationally as the only ISO/IEC-compliant industry standard, and is thus the worldwide reference-data standard for the classification and unambiguous description of products and services.**&#x20;
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Eclass video&#x20;
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{% embed url="<https://eclass.eu/en/eclass-standard/introduction>" %}

{% embed url="<https://eclass.eu/en/application/best-practice#c172>" %}


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