Terms and procedures for coding

Product codes are issued and administered by the VBN. Product codes are assigned on request if the terms set out by the VBN are fulfilled.

A product is eligible for a VBN product code when the following requirements are met:

1.  the product must be registered;

2.  the product must be natural. In principle, codes are issued only for living plants and flowers;

3.  the product must meet the VBN product specifications applicable to the relevant product;

4.  the expected supply of the product at the auction in the first year must be more than the stated minimum supply for the relevant product group;

5.  the product does not have a product code yet (a product can have only one product code);

6.  the applicant gives the VBN and its members permission to auction the product under the name in question and to carry it in its/their administration and product information. The applicant also holds the VBN and its members harmless for any claims by third parties regarding intellectual property rights.

If the stated requirements are not met, no specific product code will be assigned. The product can then be offered under the designation ‘other’, with the corresponding code.

If a product code already has an item code assigned by the Beurshal foundation (a 5-digit code between 30,000 and 60,000, or greater than 90,000), the product will have the same code in the VBN product code system.