PART 4Reporting about tobacco products

Submission of information25

1

This regulation applies to a person who submits information to the Secretary of State in accordance with any provision of this Part.

2

Information must be submitted—

a

in electronic form;

b

by means of the entry gate for data submission referred to in Article 2.2 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2186 of 25th November 2015 establishing a format for the submission and making available of information on tobacco products16;

c

in accordance with the administrative requirements set out in that Decision; and

d

in the format specified in the Annex to that Decision.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), any reference in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2186 to a “subtype” in relation to a particular product, is to be construed as a reference to a variant name of that product.

4

A person submitting information under regulation 18 (specified information) must specify any information which that person considers to constitute a trade secret.