{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-20.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/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Transfer of offline flat-files and registries",
  "text": "1. The ID issuer shall establish offline flat-files, as well as registries relating to the information referred to in Articles 14(2), 16(2) and 18(2), along with explanatory notes on the structures thereof.\n2. Offline flat-files shall be no larger than two gigabytes .... Each line of the flat-file shall hold one record with fields separated by delimiters such as commas or tabs.\n3. The ID issuer shall ensure that an up-to-date copy of all offline flat-files, registries and related explanatory notes are electronically provided via the router to the data repository.\n4. The Commissioners may adapt the size limit for offline flat-files referred to in paragraph 2, taking into account both the average size of available memory installed on the verification devices used for offline checks of unique identifiers ....",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1) 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. 24(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(2) 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. 24(b) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(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. 24(c)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 20(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. 24(c)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(4) 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. 24(d)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(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. 24(d)(ii) (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/20",
    "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."
}