Retained EU Law SI 2018/574 United Kingdom

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 (Text with EEA relevance)

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator10 Manufacturer7 Financial Services Firm2 Trader1

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Financial Services Firm — also bound by 167 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art003 ID issuer Regulated
  • ID Issuer must generate and issue unique identifiers with operational safeguardsFinancial Services Firm
s.art005 Validity of unique identifiers and deactivation Regulated
  • Use unique tobacco identifiers within six months or deactivate themOperator
s.art006 Marking by means of unit level UIs Regulated
  • Assign a unique identifier to every unit packet of tobacco productsManufacturer
s.art007 Verification of unit level UIs Regulated
  • Verify tobacco product codes and install anti-tampering deviceManufacturer
s.art008 Structure of unit level UIs Regulated
  • Ensure unit-level UI codes are properly structured and not reusedManufacturer
s.art009 Request and issuing of unit level UIs Regulated
  • Request unique identifiers for tobacco products from the ID issuerManufacturer
s.art010 Marking by means of aggregated level UIs Regulated
  • Mark aggregated tobacco packages with unique identifier if using aggregated packagingOperator
s.art011 Structure of aggregated level UIs generated by the ID Issuer Regulated
  • Add timestamp to aggregated level UI codeOperator
s.art013 Request and issuing of aggregated level UIs generated by the ID Issuer Regulated
  • Submit electronic requests for aggregated level UIs and supply required informationOperator
s.art014 Request for an economic operator identifier code Regulated
  • Apply for an economic operator identifier code for tobacco productsOperator
s.art015 Issuing and registration of economic operator identifier codes Regulated
  • Share your economic operator identifier code with supply chain partnersOperator
s.art016 Request for a facility identifier code Regulated
  • Apply for a facility identifier code for each tobacco supply chain facilityManufacturer
s.art017 Issuing and registration of facility identifier codes Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • ID issuer must issue facility identifier codes to operators within 2 working daysStatutory regulator
s.art019 Issuing and registration of machine identifier codes Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • ID issuer must generate and transmit machine identifier codes within 2 working daysStatutory regulator
s.art020 Transfer of offline flat-files and registries Regulated
  • Provide offline flat-files and registries to the data repositoryFinancial Services Firm
s.art022 Quality of the optical data carriers Regulated
  • Ensure high readability and 5-year durability of optical data carriers on tobacco productsOperator
s.art023 Human-readable code Regulated
  • Include a human-readable code on each product data carrierOperator
s.art030 Costs of the data repository Regulated
  • Pay all costs of the tobacco traceability data repositoryManufacturer
s.art032 Recording and transmission of information on product movements Regulated
  • Record and report tobacco product movements to the traceability systemManufacturer
s.art033 Recording and transmission of transactional information Regulated
  • Record and transmit tobacco transaction data to the routerTrader
s.art034 Time frame for transmission of required information Regulated
  • Transmit tobacco product movement information within 3 or 24 hoursOperator
s.art036 Security and interoperability of communications and data Regulated
  • Use secure electronic communications and ensure data completeness in tobacco traceability systemOperator
24 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.1 s.1 (opens in a new tab)
s.3 s.3 (opens in a new tab)
s.4 s.4 (opens in a new tab)
s.5 s.5 (opens in a new tab)
s.annex ii para.1 The messages required for regulatory purposes shall contain at least...
s.annex ii para.2 The messages listed in this Annex do not include the...
s.annex ii para.3 All the messages generated within the tobacco traceability system shall...
s.art001 Subject matter
s.art002 Definitions
s.art004 Competent ID issuers for generating and issuing unique identifiers
s.art009 Request to pair associated unit level codes and unit level UIs
s.art012 Link between UI levels
s.art018 Request for a machine identifier code
s.art021 Data carriers for the Unique Identifiers
s.art024 Components of the data repository
s.art025 General characteristics of the data repository
s.art026 The data repository: establishment
s.art027 The data repository: technical requirements
s.art028 Coordination tasks of the provider of the data repository
s.art029 Router
s.art031 Deadline for the establishment of the repositories system
s.art035 Independence
s.art037 Transitional provision
s.art038 Entry into force

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