Regulation 3 Application and amendment of retained EU legislation relating to the traceability system

(1)

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^f1 applies in the United Kingdom and is amended in accordance with Schedule 1.

(2)

That Regulation as amended by Schedule 1 (“the applied Commission Implementing Regulation”) applies for the purposes of establishing and operating a traceability system for tobacco products in the United Kingdom.

(3)

Subject to regulation 4, the applied Commission Implementing Regulation has effect—

(a)

in relation to cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco—

(i)

manufactured in the United Kingdom on or after IP completion day, or

(ii)

imported into the United Kingdom on or after that day for supply in any part of the United Kingdom, and

(b)

in relation to tobacco products (other than cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco)—

(i)

manufactured in the United Kingdom on or after 20th May 2024, or

(ii)

imported into the United Kingdom on or after that date for supply in any part of the United Kingdom.

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Footnotes

f1: EUR 2018/574.