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

SECTION 3 U.K. Unique identifiers at aggregated packaging level

Article 10 U.K. Marking by means of aggregated level UIs

1. Where economic operators choose to comply with the recording obligations provided for under [F1 Article 32(1)(c), (d) and (e) of this Regulation] by means of the recording of aggregated packaging, they shall mark aggregated packages containing tobacco products with a unique identifier (‘aggregated level UI’).

2. Aggregated level UIs shall be generated and issued on the basis of a request to the F2 ... ID issuer or directly by the economic operator.

3. Where the aggregated level UI is generated on the basis of a request to the F3 ... ID issuer, it shall comply with the structure set out in Article 11(1).

4. Where the aggregated level UI is generated directly by the economic operator, it shall consist of an individual unit code generated in accordance with ISO/IEC 15459-1:2014 or ISO/IEC 15459-4:2014 or their latest equivalents.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 10(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. 12(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F2 Word in Art. 10(2) 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. 12(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F3 Word in Art. 10(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. 12(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

Article 11 U.K. Structure of aggregated level UIs generated by [F4 the ID Issuer]

1. For aggregated level UI generated on the basis of a request to the F5 ... ID issuer, the structure of the aggregated level UI shall consist of a sequence of a maximum of 100 alphanumeric characters that is unique to a given aggregated package and shall be composed of the following data elements:

(a) in the first position, the alphanumeric characters that constitute the ID issuer identification code assigned under Article 3(4);

(b) an alphanumeric sequence, whose probability to be guessed shall be negligible and in any case lower than one in ten thousand (‘serial number’);

(c) the identifier code of the facility (as set out in Article 16) in which the aggregation process took place;

(d) in the last position, the time stamp in the form of a numeric sequence of eight characters, in the format YYMMDDhh, indicating the date and time of aggregation.

2. [F6 The ID issuer] shall be responsible for the generation of a code consisting of the elements listed in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), and (c).

3. Economic operators shall add the time stamp, referred to in paragraph 1, point (d), to the code generated by the ID issuer pursuant to paragraph 2.

4. The aggregated level UI may be completed by the economic operator with additional information, provided that the maximum character limit set out in paragraph 1 is not exceeded. Any such information may only appear after the data referred to in paragraph 1.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 11 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. 13 (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F5 Word in Art. 11(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. 14(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F6 Words in Art. 11(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. 14(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

Article 12 U.K. Link between UI levels

1. The aggregated level UI shall be capable of identifying the list of all unique identifiers contained within the aggregated packaging by means of an electronically accessible link to the [F7 data repository].

F8 [X1 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. In order to establish the link referred to in paragraph 1, economic operators F9 ... shall transmit via the router to the [F10 data] repository the information listed in point 3.2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of Annex II, in the format indicated therein.]

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products (Official Journal of the European Union L 96 of 16 April 2018).

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in Art. 12(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. 15(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F8 Art. 12(2) 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. 15(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F9 Words in Art. 12(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. 15(c)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F10 Word in Art. 12(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. 15(c)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

Article 13 U.K. Request and issuing of aggregated level UIs generated by [F11 the ID Issuer]

1. Economic operators requesting aggregated level UIs on the basis of a request to the F12 ... ID issuer shall introduce such requests electronically, in accordance with Article 36.

2. Economic operators introducing such requests shall supply the information listed in point 2.2. of Section 2 of Chapter II of Annex II, in the format indicated therein.

3. For manufacturers and importers, the ID issuer shall, within two working days from the receipt of the request and in the order indicated:

(a) generate the code referred to in Article 11(2);

(b) transmit the codes along with the information referred to in paragraph 2 via the router to the [F13 data repository]; and

(c) transmit the codes electronically to the requesting manufacturer or importer.

4. For economic operators other than manufacturers and importers, the ID issuer shall, within two working days from the receipt of the request and in the order indicated:

(a) generate the code referred to in Article 11(2);

[X1 (b) transmit the codes along with the information referred to in paragraph 2 via the router to the [F14 data repository]; and]

(c) transmit the codes electronically to the requesting economic operators.

5. Within one working day, economic operators may cancel a request which was sent pursuant to paragraph 1 by means of a recall message as further defined in point 5 of Section 5 of Chapter II of Annex II, in the format indicated therein.

6. Aggregated level UIs issued by [F15 the ID issuer] shall not be reused.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products (Official Journal of the European Union L 96 of 16 April 2018).

Textual Amendments

F11 Words in Art. 13 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. 16 (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F12 Word in Art. 13(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. 17(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F13 Words in Art. 13(3)(b) 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. 17(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F14 Words in Art. 13(4)(b) 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. 17(c) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)

F15 Words in Art. 13(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. 17(d) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)