Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574Show full title

Article 27 U.K. [F1 The data repository: technical requirements]

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2. The [F3 data] repository shall provide for graphical and non-graphical user interfaces that enable [F4 HMRC] to access and query the data stored in the [F5 data repository], using all commonly available database search functions, in particular by remotely carrying out the following operations:

(a) retrieval of any information concerning one or multiple unique identifier(s), including the comparison and cross-checking of multiple unique identifiers and the related information, in particular their location in the supply chain;

(b) creation of lists and statistics, such as product stocks and inflow/outflow numbers, associated with one or multiple elements of reporting information listed as Data Fields in Annex II;

(c) identification of all tobacco products that have been reported by an economic operator to the [F6 data repository], including the products reported as recalled, withdrawn, stolen, missing or intended for destruction.

3. The user interfaces referred to in paragraph 2 shall enable [F7 HMRC] to define individual rules for:

(a) automatic alerting based on exceptions and specific reporting events, such as abrupt fluctuations or irregularities in trade, attempts to introduce duplicate unique identifiers into the system, deactivation of the identifiers referred to in Articles 15(4), 17(4) and 19(4), or where a product is indicated by economic operators as stolen or missing;

(b) the receipt of periodic reports based on any combination of the elements of reporting information listed as Data Field in Annex II.

4. Automatic alerts and periodic reports referred to in paragraph 3 shall be forwarded to recipient addresses indicated by [F8 HMRC] such as individual email addresses and/or internet Protocol (IP) addresses belonging to external systems used and managed by [F9 HMRC].

5. The user interfaces referred to in paragraph 2 shall enable [F10 HMRC] to connect remotely to the data stored in the [F11 data repository] with the analytical software of their choice.

6. The user interfaces referred to in paragraph 2 shall be provided in [F12 English].

7. The overall response time of the repository to any given query or alert trigger, not considering the speed of the internet connection of the end user, shall be no more than 5 seconds for the data stored for less than 2 years and no more than 10 seconds for the data stored for 2 years or more, in at least 99 % of all queries and automatic alerts foreseen under paragraphs 2 and 3.

8. The overall time between the arrival of reporting activity data and its accessibility, via the graphical and non-graphical interfaces, in the [F13 data repository] shall be no more than 60 seconds in at least 99 % of all data transfer activities.

9. The repository shall allow for the receipt, storing and making available of offline flat-files for the purpose of updating verification devices used by [F14 HMRC] for offline decoding of unique identifiers.

10. The provider of the [F15 data] repository shall establish and maintain a register of the information transferred to it in accordance with Article 20(3). A record of the information stored in the register shall be kept for as long as the traceability system is operational.

11. [F16 The Commissioners] retain the right to enter into additional service level agreements with the provider of the [F17 data] repository for the purpose of contracting the latter to carry out additional services not provided for by this Regulation. The provider of the [F17 data] repository may charge proportionate fees for providing such additional services.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 27 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 34 (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F2 Art. 27(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F3 Word in Art. 27(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(b)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F4 Word in Art. 27(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(b)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F5 Words in Art. 27(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(b)(iii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F6 Words in Art. 27(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(b)(iv) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F7 Word in Art. 27(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(c) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F8 Word in Art. 27(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(d)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F9 Word in Art. 27(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(d)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F10 Word in Art. 27(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(e)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F11 Words in Art. 27(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(e)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F12 Word in Art. 27(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(f) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F13 Words in Art. 27(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(g) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F14 Word in Art. 27(9) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(h) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F15 Word in Art. 27(10) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F16 Words in Art. 27(11) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(j)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F17 Word in Art. 27(11) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(j)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F18 Art. 27(12) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 35(k) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)