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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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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RELATED TO THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER

    1. SECTION 1 Common provisions

      1. Article 3.ID issuer

      2. Article 4.Competent ID issuers for generating and issuing unique identifiers

      3. Article 5.Validity of unique identifiers and deactivation

    2. SECTION 2 Unique identifiers at unit packet level

      1. Article 6.Marking by means of unit level UIs

      2. Article 7.Verification of unit level UIs

      3. Article 8.Structure of unit level UIs

      4. Article 9.Request and issuing of unit level UIs

    3. SECTION 3 Unique identifiers at aggregated packaging level

      1. Article 10.Marking by means of aggregated level UIs

      2. Article 11.Structure of aggregated level UIs generated by ID issuers

      3. Article 12.Link between UI levels

      4. Article 13.Request and issuing of aggregated level UIs generated by ID issuers

  4. CHAPTER III IDENTIFIER CODES FOR ECONOMIC OPERATORS, FACILITIES AND MACHINES

    1. Article 14.Request for an economic operator identifier code

    2. Article 15.Issuing and registration of economic operator identifier codes

    3. Article 16.Request for a facility identifier code

    4. Article 17.Issuing and registration of facility identifier codes

    5. Article 18.Request for a machine identifier code

    6. Article 19.Issuing and registration of machine identifier codes

    7. Article 20.Transfer of offline flat-files and registries

  5. CHAPTER IV DATA CARRIERS

    1. Article 21.Data carriers for the Unique Identifiers

    2. Article 22.Quality of the optical data carriers

    3. Article 23.Human-readable code

  6. CHAPTER V REPOSITORIES SYSTEM

    1. Article 24.Components of the repositories system

    2. Article 25.General characteristics of the repositories system

    3. Article 26.Primary repositories

    4. Article 27.Secondary repository

    5. Article 28.Coordination tasks of the provider of the secondary repository

    6. Article 29.Router

    7. Article 30.Costs of the repositories system

    8. Article 31.Deadline for the establishment of the repositories system

  7. CHAPTER VI RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING

    1. Article 32.Recording and transmission of information on product movements

    2. Article 33.Recording and transmission of transactional information

    3. Article 34.Time frame for transmission of required information

  8. CHAPTER VII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 35.Independence

    2. Article 36.Security and interoperability of communications and data

    3. Article 37.Transitional provision

    4. Article 38.Entry into force

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF REPOSITORY SYSTEMS

      1. PART A

      2. PART B

      3. PART C

    2. ANNEX II

      Key messages to be sent by the economic operators

      1. The messages required for regulatory purposes shall contain at least...

      2. The messages listed in this Annex do not include the...

      3. All the messages generated within the tobacco traceability system shall...

      4. CHAPTER I FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

        1. SECTION 1 Data Type

        2. SECTION 2 Cardinality Type

        3. SECTION 3 Priority Type

      5. CHAPTER II MESSAGES

        1. SECTION 1 Identifier codes for economic operators, facilities and machines

          1. 1.1. Request for an economic operator identifier code

          2. 1.2. Correction of information concerning the economic operator identifier code

          3. 1.3. De-registration of economic operator identifier code

          4. 1.4. Request for a facility identifier code

          5. 1.5. Correction of information concerning the facility identifier code

          6. 1.6. De-registration of facility identifier code

          7. 1.7. Request for a machine identifier code

          8. 1.8. Correction of information concerning the machine identifier code

          9. 1.9. De-registration of machine identifier code

        2. SECTION 2 Unique identifiers (UIs)

          1. 2.1. Request for unit level UIs

          2. 2.2. Request for aggregated level UIs

          3. 2.3. Request for deactivation of UIs

        3. SECTION 3 Recording and transmission of information on product movements

          1. 3.1. Application of unit level UIs on unit packets

          2. 3.2. Application of aggregated level UIs on aggregated packaging

          3. 3.3. Dispatch of tobacco products from a facility

          4. 3.4. Arrival of tobacco products at a facility

          5. 3.5. Trans-loading

          6. 3.6. Disaggregation of aggregated level UIs

          7. 3.7. Report of delivery carried out with a vending van to...

        4. SECTION 4 Transactional events

          1. 4.1. Issuing of the invoice

          2. 4.2. Issuing of the order number

          3. 4.3. Receipt of the payment

        5. SECTION 5 Recalls

          1. 5. Recalls of requests, operational and transactional messages (possible for message...

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