Section 5: Traceability

I.-The entity responsible for issuing the unique identifiers referred to in II of Article L. 3512-23 is designated by order of the Minister for Customs. II.-The Minister responsible for customs shall at all times ensure that the entity issuing the unique identifiers meets the obligations laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system for…

I. – The unique identifier at unit pack level meets the conditions set out in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system for the traceability of tobacco products. II. – The unique identifier at aggregate pack level meets the conditions laid down in Article 11 of the implementing regulation referred to in I.

I. – Deactivation of the economic operator identifier code is required in the following cases: 1° Total cessation of the economic operator’s activity ; 2° Cessation of activity related to tobacco ; 3° Loss of the status of supplier, approved manufacturer, purchaser-reseller or distributor of tobacco products; 4° Loss of authorised warehousekeeper status. Deactivation of the economic operator identifier code automatically deactivates the installation identifier codes and the related machine…

I.-Physical delivery of unique identifiers at packaging unit level, as referred to in IV of Article L. 3512-23, is possible in the following cases: 1° Where the economic operator or, where applicable, the group of companies to which it belongs has handled fewer than one hundred and twenty million unique identifiers at packaging unit level during the previous calendar year; 2° For products manufactured or packaged in a country outside…