# 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 20: Transfer of offline flat-files and registries

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

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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 ....

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/574/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-20
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