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The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019

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Prohibition from supply of non-compliant tobacco products

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6.—(1) A person must not supply tobacco products in the United Kingdom unless those products meet the requirements in paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) The unit packet of a tobacco product must be marked with a unique identifier that—

(a)has been issued by the UK ID Issuer and meets the technical specifications set out in Chapters II and IV of the Commission Implementing Regulation, and

(b)meets the requirements in—

(i)regulation 7(2), or

(ii)in cases where the unique identifier has been applied by a person in another member State, Article 15(1) of the Tobacco Products Directive.

(3) All movements of, and all transactions relating to, the unit packet of a tobacco product must have been recorded and transmitted in accordance with Chapter VI of the Commission Implementing Regulation.

(4) The unit packet of a tobacco product must carry a security feature.

(5) In this regulation, the “Tobacco Products Directive” means Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC(1).

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OJ No. L 127, 9.4.2014, p.1 as amended by Commission Delegated Directive 2014/109/EU, OJ No. L 360, 17.12.2014, p. 22.

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