{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Marking by means of unit level UIs",
  "text": "1. Manufacturers and importers must mark each unit packet manufactured or imported into the United Kingdom with:\n(a) a unique identifier (‘unit level UI’) compliant with Article 8, or\n(b) an associated unit level code that relates to the same unit packet that has been paired with a unit level UI compliant with Article 8.\n2. In the case of tobacco products that are manufactured outside the United Kingdom, the unit level UI or the associated unit level code that is paired with a unit level UI shall be applied on the unit packet before the tobacco product is imported into the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(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. 7(a) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) 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. 7(b)(i) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) inserted (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. 7(b)(ii) (with regs. 3(2)(3), 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) 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. 7(b)(iii) (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/6",
    "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."
}