To provide an element for a compound tag capable of managing articles and preventing theft by using a non-contact information recording carrier provided with an integrated circuit chip and an non-contact antenna for communication, and a compound tag provided with an electronic article monitoring marker.

This compound tag 1 is equipped with the non-contact information recording carrier 2 provided with the integrated circuit chip 21 and the non-contact antenna 22 for communication, and the electronic article monitoring marker 3. Metal used by the electronic article monitoring marker for performing magnetic response is provided in an extending part of the non-contact antenna for communication of the non-contact information recording carrier provided with the integrated circuit chip and the non-contact antenna for communication. The element for a compound tag is provided with both functions of the electronic article monitoring marker and the non-contact information recording carrier.