# 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), Article 18: Request for a machine identifier code

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

1. Each machine shall be identified by a code (‘machine identifier code’) generated by the ID issuer ....
2. Manufacturers and importers shall apply for a machine identifier code by providing to the ID issuer the information listed in point 1.7. of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex II, in the format indicated therein.
3. The obligation to apply for a machine identifier code related to machines located in manufacturing facilities outside the United Kingdom shall lie with the importer .... The registration by the importer shall be subject to the consent of the entity responsible for the ... manufacturing facility. The importer shall inform the economic operator responsible for the ... manufacturing facility as to the full details of the registration, including the allocated machine identifier code.
4. Any modification of the information submitted in the initial application form and any decommissioning of the registered machines shall be notified by the manufacturer or the importer to the ID issuer without delay, in the formats indicated in points 1.8 and 1.9 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex II.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/574/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-18
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