1.Each machine shall be identified by a code (‘machine identifier code’) generated by the ID issuer F1....
2.Manufacturers and importers shall apply for a machine identifier code by providing to the ID issuer the information listed in point 1.7. of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex II, in the format indicated therein.
3.The obligation to apply for a machine identifier code related to machines located in manufacturing facilities outside the [F2United Kingdom] shall lie with the importer F3.... The registration by the importer shall be subject to the consent of the entity responsible for the F4... manufacturing facility. The importer shall inform the economic operator responsible for the F4... manufacturing facility as to the full details of the registration, including the allocated machine identifier code.
4.Any modification of the information submitted in the initial application form and any decommissioning of the registered machines shall be notified by the manufacturer or the importer to the ID issuer without delay, in the formats indicated in points 1.8 and 1.9 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex II.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 18(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. 22(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)
F2Words in Art. 18(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. 22(b)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)
F3Words in Art. 18(3) 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. 22(b)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)
F4Words in Art. 18(3) 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. 22(b)(iii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)