CHAPTER IITECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RELATED TO THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER

SECTION 2Unique identifiers at unit packet level

Article 7Verification 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 F3HMRC 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 F5or 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 F6HMRC, 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)

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(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/EC6;

(c)

to fully manual production processes.