{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-86/article-10a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-86/article-10a.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/86",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-86",
  "path": "article/10a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10a",
  "heading": "Format of the Single European Code",
  "text": "1. The Single European Code referred to in Article 10(1) shall comply with the specifications set out in this Article and in Annex VII.\n2. The Single European Code shall be in eye-readable format and shall be preceded by the acronym ‘ SEC ’ . The parallel use of other labelling and traceability systems is possible.\n3. The Single European Code shall be printed with the Donation Identification Sequence and Product Identification Sequence separated by a single space or as two successive lines.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/565 of 8 April 2015 amending Directive 2006/86/EC as regards certain technical requirements for the coding of human tissues and cells (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/86/article/10a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:33.600657+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}