# 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), Division SECTION 1: Data Type

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Data Type
Description
Example
ARC
Administrative Reference Code (ARC) or any successive code adopted under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS)
‘15GB0123456789ABCDEF0’
aUI
Aggregated level unique identifier coded with:
either
the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of four blocks: (a) ID issuer's prefix in accordance with ISO15459-2:2015, (b) serialisation element in the format established by the ID issuer, (c) tobacco facility identifier code following the Data Type: FID and (d) timestamp following the Data Type: Time(s)
or
the invariant set of ISO646:1991 forming a code structured in accordance with ISO15459-1:2014 or ISO15459-4:2014 (or their latest equivalent)
Boolean
Boolean value
‘0’ (false/disabled)
‘1’ (true/enabled)
Country
Country name coded with ISO-3166-1:2013 alpha-2 (or its latest equivalent)
‘DE’
Currency
Currency name coded with ISO 4217:2015 (or its latest equivalent)
‘EUR’
Date
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) date corresponding to the following format: YYYY-MM-DD
‘2019-05-20’
Decimal
Number values, decimal allowed
‘1’ or ‘2,2’ or ‘3,33’
EOID
Economic operator identifier code corresponding to the format established by the ID issuer coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991
FID
Tobacco facility identifier code corresponding to the format established by the ID issuer coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991
Integer
Rounded number values, no decimal numbers
‘1’ or ‘22’ or ‘333’
MID
Machine identifier code corresponding to the format established by the ID issuer coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991
MRN
Movement Reference Number (MRN) is a unique customs registration number. It contains 18 digits and is composed of the following elements: (a) last two digits of the year of formal acceptance of export movement (YY), (b) country name coded with ISO-3166-1:2013 alpha-2 (or its latest equivalent) of the country to which the declaration was sent, (c) unique identifier for entry/import per year and country, and (d) check digit.
‘11IT9876AB88901235’
SEED
Excise number composed of: (a) country name coded with ISO-3166-1:2013 alpha-2 (or its latest equivalent) (e.g. ‘LU’) and (b) eleven alphanumeric characters, if needed, padded to the left with zeroes (e.g. ‘00000987ABC’).
‘LU00000987ABC’
ITU
Individual transport unit code (e.g. SSCC) generated in accordance with ISO15459-1:2014 (or its latest equivalent)
‘001234560000000018’
Text
Alphanumeric values coded with ISO8859-15:1999
‘abcde12345’
Time(L)
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) in the following format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ
‘2019-07-16T19:20:30Z’
Time(s)
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) in the following format: YYMMDDhh
‘19071619’
TPID
Tobacco Product Identifier (TP-ID) – numeric identifier used in the CEG system in the format: NNNNN-NN-NNNNN
‘02565-16-00230’
PN
Product number – numeric identifier used in the CEG system to identify product presentations (e.g. GTIN (Global Trade Identification Number) of the product)
‘00012345600012’
upUI(L)
Unit packet level unique identifier coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of three blocks: (a) ID Issuer's prefix in accordance with ISO15459-2:2015, (b) middle block in the format established by the ID issuer and (c) timestamp following the Data Type: Time(s)
upUI(s)
Unit packet level unique identifier coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of two blocks: (a) ID issuer's prefix in accordance with ISO15459-2:2015 and (b) serialisation element in the format established by the ID issuer (i.e. UI made visible in the human readable format on the unit packets)
upUI(M)
Unit packet level unique identifier coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of 2 blocks: ID Issuer’s prefix in accordance with ISO154592:2015, middle block in the format established by the ID issuer
LECNIzzzz000010000SLE
Year
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) year in the following format: YYYY
‘2024’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/574/annex/II/chapter/I/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/annex-II/chapter-I/section-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.