# 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 23: Human-readable code

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

1. Economic operators shall ensure that each data carrier includes a human-readable code that enables electronic access to the information related to the unique identifiers stored in the data repository.
2. Where the dimensions of the packaging allow, the human-readable code shall be adjacent to the optical data carrier carrying the unique identifier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/574/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-23
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