{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/574",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Request for an economic operator identifier code",
  "text": "1. Economic operators and operators of first retail outlets shall apply for an economic operator identifier code from the ID issuer ....\n2. Economic operators and operators of first retail outlets introducing a request pursuant to paragraph 1 shall provide the information listed in point 1.1 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex II, in the format indicated therein.\n3. For operators of first retail outlets the obligation to apply for an economic operator identifier code may also be discharged by any other economic operator registered with the ID Issuer. Such registration by the third party shall be subject to the consent of the operator of the first retail outlet. The third party shall inform the operator of the first retail outlet of the full details of the registration, including the allocated economic operator identifier code.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5. Any modification of the information submitted in the initial application form and any cessation of the operator activities shall be notified by the relevant operator to the ID issuer without delay, in the formats indicated in points 1.2. and 1.3. of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex II.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 18(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 18(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 14(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Traceability System and Security Features) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1496), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 18(c) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/574/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:11.813780+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."
}