Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 7 U.K. Verification of unit level UIs

1. Manufacturers and importers shall ensure that the application of unit level UIs [F1 , or of associated unit level codes that are paired with unit level UIs, are directly] followed by the verification of those unit level UIs [F2 , or those associated unit level codes that are paired with unit level UIs,] in terms of correct application and readability.

2. The process referred to in paragraph 1 shall be protected with an anti-tampering device supplied and installed by an independent third party who shall provide a declaration to [F3 HMRC] that the installed device meets the requirements of this Regulation.

3. Where the process referred to in paragraph 1 fails to confirm the correct application and full readability of the unit level UI [F4 , or of the associated unit level code that is paired with a unit level UI], manufacturers and importers shall re-apply the unit level UI [F5 or the associated unit level code that is paired with a unit level UI].

4. Manufacturers and importers shall ensure that the information recorded by the anti-tampering device remains available for a period of nine months from the time of recording.

5. Manufacturers and importers shall, upon request from [F6 HMRC], provide full access to the record of the verification process created by the anti-tampering device.

6. By way of derogation from paragraphs 2, 4 and 5, the obligation to install an anti-tampering device shall not apply:

F7 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) until 20 May 2021 to production processes operated by economic operators falling under the definition of small and medium enterprises set out in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC(1);

(c) to fully manual production processes.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 7(1) 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. 8(a)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F2 Words in Art. 7(1) inserted (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. 8(a)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F3 Word in Art. 7(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. 8(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F4 Words in Art. 7(3) inserted (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. 8(c)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F5 Words in Art. 7(3) inserted (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. 8(c)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F6 Word in Art. 7(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. 8(d) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F7 Art. 7(6)(a) 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. 8(e) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

(1)

Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).