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. )

CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down the technical standards for the establishment and operation of the traceability system provided for in Article 15 of Directive 2014/40/EU.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2014/40/EU, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) ‘unique identifier’ means the alphanumeric code enabling the identification of a unit pack or an aggregated packaging of tobacco products;

(2) ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person who is involved in the trade of tobacco products, including for export, from the manufacturer to the last economic operator before the first retail outlet;

(3) ‘first retail outlet’ means the facility where tobacco products are placed on the market for the first time, including vending machines used for the sale of tobacco products;

(4) ‘export’ means shipment from the Union to a third country;

(5) ‘aggregated packaging’ means any packaging containing more than one unit packet of tobacco products;

(6) ‘facility’ means any location, building or vending machine where tobacco products are manufactured, stored or placed on the market;

(7) ‘anti-tampering device’ means the device allowing for the recording of the verification process following the application of each unit level unique identifier by means of a video or a log file, which once recorded cannot be further altered by an economic operator;

(8) ‘offline flat-files’ means the electronic files established and maintained by each ID issuer that contain data in a plain text format allowing for the extraction of information encoded in the unique identifiers (excluding the time stamp) used at the unit packet and aggregated packaging levels without accessing the repositories system;

(9) ‘registry’ means the record established and maintained by each ID issuer of all the identifier codes generated for economic operators, operators of first retail outlets, facilities and machines along with the corresponding information;

(10) ‘data carrier’ means a carrier representing data in a form readable with the aid of a device;

(11) ‘machine’ means the equipment used for the manufacture of tobacco products which is integral to the manufacturing process;

(12) ‘time stamp’ means the date and time of occurrence of a particular event recorded in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time in a prescribed format;

(13) ‘primary repository’ means a repository storing traceability data relating exclusively to the products of a given manufacturer or importer;

(14) ‘secondary repository’ means a repository containing a copy of all traceability data stored in the primary repositories;

(15) ‘router’ means a device established within the secondary repository that transfers data between different components of the repositories system;

(16) ‘repositories system’ means the system consisting of the primary repositories, the secondary repository and the router;

(17) ‘common data dictionary’ means a set of information describing the contents, format, and structure of a database and the relationship between its elements, used to control access to and manipulation of the databases common for all primary and secondary repositories;

(18) ‘working day’ means every day of work in the Member State for which the ID issuer is competent;

(19) ‘trans-loading’ means any transfer of tobacco products from one vehicle to another during which tobacco products do not enter and exit a facility;

(20) ‘vending van’ means a vehicle used for the delivery of tobacco products to multiple retail outlets in quantities that have not been predetermined in advance of the delivery.

CHAPTER II

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RELATED TO THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER

SECTION 1

Common provisions

Article 3

ID issuer

Each Member State shall put in place adequate measures to ensure:

(a) that the ID issuer it has appointed continues to comply with the requirement of independence in accordance with Article 35; and

(b) the continuous operation of the services provided by successive ID issuers, in case a new ID issuer is appointed to take over the services from the previous ID issuer. For this purpose Member States shall require the ID issuer to develop an exit plan laying down the procedure to be followed to guarantee the continuity of the operations until the new ID issuer is appointed.

Article 4

Competent ID issuers for generating and issuing unique identifiers

By derogation to the first subparagraph, the competent ID issuer shall be the entity appointed for the Member State on whose market the products are placed, where such a requirement is imposed by that Member State.

Article 5

Validity of unique identifiers and deactivation

SECTION 2

Unique identifiers at unit packet level

Article 6

Marking by means of unit level UIs

Article 7

Verification of unit level UIs

By way of derogation from paragraphs 2, 4 and 5, the obligation to install an anti-tampering device shall not apply:

(a) until 20 May 2020 to production processes operated by economic operators, or where applicable, the group of undertakings to which they belong, that handled less than 120 million unit level UIs at Union level during the calendar year 2019;

(b) until 20 May 2021 to production processes operated by economic operators falling under the definition of small and medium enterprises set out in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC (¹);

(c) to fully manual production processes.

Article 8

Structure of unit level UIs

Each unit packet of tobacco products shall be marked with a unit level UI. It shall consist of as short a sequence of alphanumeric characters as possible, not exceeding 50 characters. The sequence shall be unique to a given unit packet and shall be composed of the following data elements:

(a) in the first position, the alphanumeric characters that constitute the ID issuer identification code assigned pursuant to Article 3(4);

(b) an alphanumeric sequence, whose probability to be guessed shall be negligible and in any case lower than one in ten thousand (‘serial number’);

(c) a code (‘product code’) allowing for the determination of the following: i. the place of manufacturing; ii. the manufacturing facility referred to in Article 16; iii. the machine used to manufacture the tobacco products referred to in Article 18; iv. the product description; v. the intended market of retail sale; vi. the intended shipment route; vii. where applicable, the importer into the Union;

(d) in the last position, the time stamp in the form of a numeric sequence of eight characters, in the format YYMMDDhh, indicating the date and time of manufacture.

Where ID issuers use encryption or compression for the generation of unit level UIs, they shall inform the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission of algorithms used for such encryption and compression. Unit level UIs shall not be reused.

Article 9

Request and issuing of unit level UIs

The ID issuer shall, within two working days from the receipt of the request and in the order indicated:

(a) generate the codes referred to in Article 8(2);

(b) transmit the codes along with the information referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article via the router to the primary repository of the requesting manufacturer or importer, as established under Article 26; and

(c) electronically transmit the codes to the requesting manufacturer or importer.

However, a Member State may require ID issuers to offer physical delivery of unit level UIs as an alternative to electronic delivery. In cases where physical delivery of unit level UIs is offered, manufacturers and importers shall specify whether physical delivery is requested. In that case, the ID issuer shall within 10 working days from the receipt of the request, and in the following order:

(a) generate the codes referred to in Article 8(2);

(b) transmit the codes along with the information referred to in paragraph 2 via the router to the primary repository of the requesting manufacturer or importer, as established under Article 26;

(c) deliver the codes to the requesting manufacturer or importer in the form of optical barcodes, compliant with Article 21, placed on physical carriers, such as adhesive labels.

SECTION 3

Unique identifiers at aggregated packaging level

Article 10

Marking by means of aggregated level UIs

Article 11

Structure of aggregated level UIs generated by ID issuers

For aggregated level UI generated on the basis of a request to the competent ID issuer, the structure of the aggregated level UI shall consist of a sequence of a maximum of 100 alphanumeric characters that is unique to a given aggregated package and shall be composed of the following data elements:

(a) in the first position, the alphanumeric characters that constitute the ID issuer identification code assigned under Article 3(4);

(b) an alphanumeric sequence, whose probability to be guessed shall be negligible and in any case lower than one in ten thousand (‘serial number’);

(c) the identifier code of the facility (as set out in Article 16) in which the aggregation process took place;

(d) in the last position, the time stamp in the form of a numeric sequence of eight characters, in the format YYMMDDhh, indicating the date and time of aggregation.

Article 12

Link between UI levels

Article 13

Request and issuing of aggregated level UIs generated by ID issuers

For manufacturers and importers, the ID issuer shall, within two working days from the receipt of the request and in the order indicated:

(a) generate the code referred to in Article 11(2);

(b) transmit the codes along with the information referred to in paragraph 2 via the router to the primary repository of the requesting manufacturer or importer, as established under Article 26; and

(c) transmit the codes electronically to the requesting manufacturer or importer.

For economic operators other than manufacturers and importers, the ID issuer shall, within two working days from the receipt of the request and in the order indicated:

(a) generate the code referred to in Article 11(2);

(b) transmit the codes along with the information referred to in paragraph 2 via the router to the secondary repository established under Article 27; and

(c) transmit the codes electronically to the requesting economic operators.

CHAPTER III

IDENTIFIER CODES FOR ECONOMIC OPERATORS, FACILITIES AND MACHINES

Article 14

Request for an economic operator identifier code

Article 15

Issuing and registration of economic operator identifier codes

Upon receipt of a request pursuant to Article 14, the ID issuer shall generate an economic operator identifier code, which consists of the following data elements, to be placed in the following order:

(a) in the first position, the alphanumeric characters that constitute the ID issuer identification code assigned under Article 3(4); and

(b) in the second position, an alphanumeric sequence which is unique within the code pool of the ID issuer.

Article 16

Request for a facility identifier code

Article 17

Issuing and registration of facility identifier codes

Upon receipt of a request pursuant to Article 16, the ID issuer shall generate a facility identifier code, which consists of the following data elements, to be placed in the following order:

(a) in the first position, the alphanumeric characters that constitute the ID issuer identification code assigned under Article 3(4); and

(b) in the second position, an alphanumeric sequence which is unique within the code pool of the ID issuer.

Article 18

Request for a machine identifier code

Article 19

Issuing and registration of machine identifier codes

Upon receipt of a request pursuant to Article 18, the ID issuer shall generate a machine identifier code, which consists of the following data elements, to be placed in the indicated position:

(a) in the first position, the alphanumeric characters that constitute the ID issuer identification code assigned under Article 3(4); and

(b) in the second position, an alphanumeric sequence which is unique within the code pool of the ID issuer.

Article 20

Transfer of offline flat-files and registries

CHAPTER IV

DATA CARRIERS

Article 21

Data carriers for the Unique Identifiers

Unit level UIs shall be encoded using at least one of the following types of data carriers:

(a) an optical device-readable Data Matrix with error detection and correction equivalent to or higher than those of the Data Matrix ECC200. Barcodes conforming to ISO/IEC 16022:2006 shall be presumed to fulfil the requirements set out in this point;

(b) an optical device-readable QR Code with a recovery capacity of approximately 30 %. Barcodes conforming to ISO/IEC 18004:2015 with the error correction level H shall be presumed to fulfil the requirements set out in this point;

(c) an optical device-readable DotCode with the error detection and correction equivalent to or higher than those provided with the Reed-Solomon error correction algorithm with the number of check characters (NC) equal to three plus the number of data characters (ND) divided by two (NC = 3 + ND/2). Barcodes conforming to the ISS DotCode Symbology Specification published by the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (‘AIM’) (revision 3.0, August 2014) shall be presumed to fulfil the requirements set out in this point.

Aggregated level UIs shall be encoded by economic operators using at least one of the following types of data carriers:

(a) an optical device-readable Data Matrix with error detection and correction equivalent to or higher than those of the Data Matrix ECC200. Barcodes conforming to ISO/IEC 16022:2006 shall be presumed to fulfil the requirements set out in this point;

(b) an optical device-readable QR Code with a recovery capacity of approximately 30 %. Barcodes conforming to ISO/IEC 18004:2015 with the error correction level H shall be presumed to fulfil the requirements set out in this point;

(c) an optical device-readable Code 128 with the error detection equivalent to or higher than the one provided with the algorithm based on the even/odd — bar/space character parity and the check character. Barcodes conforming to ISO/IEC 15417:2007 shall be presumed to fulfil the requirements set out in this point.

Article 22

Quality of the optical data carriers

Article 23

Human-readable code

CHAPTER V

REPOSITORIES SYSTEM

Article 24

Components of the repositories system

The repositories system shall be composed of the following sub-systems:

(a) repositories which are established for the purpose of storing data relating to tobacco products of individual manufacturers and importers (‘primary repositories’);

(b) a repository which contains a copy of all data stored in the primary repositories system (‘secondary repository’);

(c) a routing service (‘router’) set up and managed by the provider of the secondary repository system.

Article 25

General characteristics of the repositories system

The repositories system shall satisfy the following conditions:

(a) it shall allow for functional integration of the repositories system into the traceability system, as well as uninterrupted electronic data exchange between the repositories system and other relevant components of the traceability system;

(b) it shall allow for electronic identification and authentication of tobacco products, at unit packet and aggregation level, in accordance with the requirements set out in this Regulation;

(c) it shall allow for automatic deactivation of unique identifiers in accordance with the rules set out in Article 5;

(d) it shall ensure electronic receipt and storing of information recorded and sent to the repositories system by economic operators and ID issuers, in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation;

(e) it shall ensure storage of data for a minimum period of five years as of the moment the data are uploaded into the repositories system;

(f) it shall allow for automatic status messaging to economic operators, and to Member States and the Commission as requested, such as in the event of success, error or changes related to reporting activities, in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation;

(g) it shall allow for automatic validation of messages received from economic operators, including refusal of incorrect or incomplete messages, in particular reporting activities related to non-registered or duplicated unique identifiers, whereby the repositories system shall store the information concerning any refused message;

(h) it shall ensure messaging between all of its components which shall take place instantaneously, in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation, in particular the overall response time of the repositories system in sending acknowledgment messages, not considering the speed of the internet connection of the end user, which shall be no more than 60 seconds;

(i) it shall ensure continuous availability of all components and services with a monthly uptime of at least 99,5 % and sufficient back-up mechanisms in place;

(j) it shall be guarded by security procedures and systems ensuring that access to the repositories and download of the data stored therein is only granted to persons authorised according to this Regulation;

(k) it shall be accessible by the competent authorities of Member States and by the Commission. National administrators designated by the Member States and Commission services shall be granted access rights enabling them to create, manage, and withdraw user access rights for repositories, and related operations stipulated in this Chapter, via a graphical user management interface.  Modes of accessing the graphical user management interface shall be compatible with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, in particular the relevant reusable solutions provided as building blocks under the telecommunication part of the Connecting Europe Facility. National administrators designated by the Member States shall be able to grant subsequent access rights to other users under their responsibility;

(l) it shall enable Member States and the Commission to carry out downloads of full and selected sets of data stored in a repository;

(m) it shall maintain a complete record (‘audit trail’) of all operations concerning the stored data of the users performing those operations and of the nature of these operations, including the history of users access. The audit trail shall be created when the data is uploaded for the first time and, notwithstanding any additional national requirements, be maintained until at least five years after.

Article 26

Primary repositories

Article 27

Secondary repository

The secondary repository shall provide for graphical and non-graphical user interfaces that enable Member States and the Commission to access and query the data stored in the repositories system, using all commonly available database search functions, in particular by remotely carrying out the following operations:

(a) retrieval of any information concerning one or multiple unique identifier(s), including the comparison and cross-checking of multiple unique identifiers and the related information, in particular their location in the supply chain;

(b) creation of lists and statistics, such as product stocks and inflow/outflow numbers, associated with one or multiple elements of reporting information listed as Data Fields in Annex II;

(c) identification of all tobacco products that have been reported by an economic operator to the system, including the products reported as recalled, withdrawn, stolen, missing or intended for destruction.

The user interfaces referred to in paragraph 2 shall enable each Member State and the Commission to define individual rules for:

(a) automatic alerting based on exceptions and specific reporting events, such as abrupt fluctuations or irregularities in trade, attempts to introduce duplicate unique identifiers into the system, deactivation of the identifiers referred to in Articles 15(4), 17(4) and 19(4), or where a product is indicated by economic operators as stolen or missing;

(b) the receipt of periodic reports based on any combination of the elements of reporting information listed as Data Field in Annex II.

Article 28

Coordination tasks of the provider of the secondary repository

The list referred to in the first subparagraph shall be communicated no later than two months following the date when the provider operating the secondary repository was selected.

Article 29

Router

Article 30

Costs of the repositories system

All costs related to the repositories system referred to in Article 24(1), including those that arise from its establishment, operation and maintenance, shall be borne by manufacturers and importers of tobacco products. Those costs shall be fair, reasonable, and proportionate:

(a) to the services rendered; and

(b) to the amount of unit level UIs requested over a given period of time.

Article 31

Deadline for the establishment of the repositories system

The repositories system shall be established and functional for testing purposes by 20 March 2019.

CHAPTER VI

RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING

Article 32

Recording and transmission of information on product movements

To allow the determination of the actual shipment route of unit packets manufactured in, or imported into the Union, economic operators shall record the following events:

(a) application of unit level UIs on unit packets;

(b) application of aggregated level UIs on aggregated packaging;

(c) dispatch of tobacco products from a facility;

(d) arrival of tobacco products at a facility;

(e) trans-loading.

Article 33

Recording and transmission of transactional information

To allow the determination of the transactional information referred to in Article 15(2), points (j) and (k) of Directive 2014/40/EU, economic operators shall record the following events:

(a) issuing of the order number;

(b) issuing of the invoice;

(c) receipt of the payment.

Article 34

Time frame for transmission of required information

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, economic operators may transmit the information referred to in Article 32(1) points (a), (b) and (d), Articles 32(3) and (4), and Article 33(1), within 24 hours from the occurrence of the event, if they fulfil any of the following conditions:

(a) they, or where applicable, the group of undertakings to which they belong, handled less than 120 million unit level UIs at Union level during the previous calendar year;

(b) they are small and medium enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.

CHAPTER VII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 35

Independence

For the purposes of paragraph 1, the following criteria shall be used to assess independence:

(a) independence from the tobacco industry in terms of legal form, organisation and decision making. In particular it shall be assessed whether the undertaking or the group of undertakings is not under the direct or indirect control of the tobacco industry, including a minority shareholding;

(b) independence from the tobacco industry in financial terms, which will be presumed if, before assuming their functions the undertaking or the group of undertakings concerned generates less than 10 % of its annual worldwide turnover, excluding VAT and any other indirect taxes, from goods and services supplied to the tobacco sector over the past two calendar years, as may be determined on the basis of the most recent approved accounts. For each subsequent calendar year, the annual worldwide turnover, excluding VAT and any other indirect taxes, from goods and services supplied to the tobacco sector shall not exceed 20 %;

(c) absence of conflicts of interests with the tobacco industry of the persons responsible for the management of the undertaking or the group of undertakings, including members of the board of directors or any other form of governing body. In particular, they: (1) shall not have participated in company structures of the tobacco industry for the last five years; (2) shall act independently from any pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest linked to the tobacco industry, including possession of stocks, participation in private pension programmes or interest held by their partners, spouses or direct relatives in the ascending or descending line.

Article 36

Security and interoperability of communications and data

All electronic communication provided for under this Regulation shall be carried out using secure means. Applicable security protocols and connectivity rules shall be based on non-proprietary open standards. They shall be established by:

(a) the ID issuer for communications between the ID issuer and the economic operators registering with the ID issuer or requesting unique identifiers;

(b) the providers of the primary repositories for communications between the primary repositories and manufactures or importers;

(c) the provider of the secondary repository for communications between the secondary repository and the router and: i. the ID issuers; ii. the primary repositories; and iii. economic operators using the router, i.e. economic operators other than manufacturers and importers.

Article 37

Transitional provision

Article 38

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF REPOSITORY SYSTEMS

PART A

The following procedures shall apply to the selection of an independent third party provider operating a primary repository:

(a) the identity of the third party that it proposes to appoint to operate a primary repository (the ‘proposed provider’), and (b) a draft data storage contract containing the key elements laid down in the Delegated Regulation for approval by the Commission.

(a) the written declaration of technical and operational expertise, referred to in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573, (b) the written declaration of legal and financial independence, referred to in Article 8 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573, and (c) a table setting out the correspondence between the contractual clauses and the requirements laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573.

(a) a copy of the contract signed by both parties, and (b) the declarations required to be provided as part of the contract under Articles 4 and 8 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573.

PART B

The following procedure shall apply to the selection of an independent third party operating the secondary repository system:

PART C

The following requirements shall apply in addition to the selection procedures outlined in Parts A and B:

ANNEX II

Key messages to be sent by the economic operators

The messages required for regulatory purposes shall contain at least the data fields listed in this Annex. Both ID issuers and providers of data repositories (including the router) may decide to extend the message content for strictly technical purposes to secure smooth functioning of the tobacco products traceability system.

The messages listed in this Annex do not include the messages to be sent back by ID issuers and providers of data repositories (including the router) to the economic operators, such as acknowledgments of receipt.

All the messages generated within the tobacco traceability system shall contain the identification of the originator and a timestamp up to the second (see Data Type: Time(L)). ID issuers and providers of data repositories (including the router) shall timestamp each received message up to the second.

CHAPTER I

FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

Data Type	Description	Example
ARC	Administrative Reference Code (ARC) or any successive code adopted under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS)	‘15GB0123456789ABCDEF0’
aUI	Aggregated level unique identifier coded with: either the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of four blocks: (a) ID issuer's prefix in accordance with ISO15459-2:2015, (b) serialisation element in the format established by the ID issuer, (c) tobacco facility identifier code following the Data Type: FID and (d) timestamp following the Data Type: Time(s) or the invariant set of ISO646:1991 forming a code structured in accordance with ISO15459-1:2014 or ISO15459-4:2014 (or their latest equivalent)
Boolean	Boolean value	— ‘0’ (false/disabled) — ‘1’ (true/enabled)
Country	Country name coded with ISO-3166-1:2013 alpha-2 (or its latest equivalent)	‘DE’
Currency	Currency name coded with ISO 4217:2015 (or its latest equivalent)	‘EUR’
Date	UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) date corresponding to the following format: YYYY-MM-DD	‘2019-05-20’
Decimal	Number values, decimal allowed	‘1’ or ‘2,2’ or ‘3,33’
EOID	Economic operator identifier code corresponding to the format established by the ID issuer coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991
FID	Tobacco facility identifier code corresponding to the format established by the ID issuer coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991
Integer	Rounded number values, no decimal numbers	‘1’ or ‘22’ or ‘333’
MID	Machine identifier code corresponding to the format established by the ID issuer coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991
MRN	Movement Reference Number (MRN) is a unique customs registration number. It contains 18 digits and is composed of the following elements: (a) last two digits of the year of formal acceptance of export movement (YY), (b) country name coded with ISO-3166-1:2013 alpha-2 (or its latest equivalent) of the Member State to which the declaration was sent, (c) unique identifier for entry/import per year and country, and (d) check digit.	‘11IT9876AB88901235’
SEED	Excise number composed of: (a) country name coded with ISO-3166-1:2013 alpha-2 (or its latest equivalent) (e.g. ‘LU’) and (b) eleven alphanumeric characters, if needed, padded to the left with zeroes (e.g. ‘00000987ABC’).	‘LU00000987ABC’
ITU	Individual transport unit code (e.g. SSCC) generated in accordance with ISO15459-1:2014 (or its latest equivalent)	‘001234560000000018’
Text	Alphanumeric values coded with ISO8859-15:1999	‘abcde12345’
Time(L)	UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) in the following format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ	‘2019-07-16T19:20:30Z’
Time(s)	UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) in the following format: YYMMDDhh	‘19071619’
TPID	Tobacco Product Identifier (TP-ID) – numeric identifier used in the EU-CEG system in the format: NNNNN-NN-NNNNN	‘02565-16-00230’
PN	Product number – numeric identifier used in the EU-CEG system to identify product presentations (e.g. GTIN (Global Trade Identification Number) of the product)	‘00012345600012’
upUI(L)	Unit packet level unique identifier coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of three blocks: (a) ID Issuer's prefix in accordance with ISO15459-2:2015, (b) middle block in the format established by the ID issuer and (c) timestamp following the Data Type: Time(s)
upUI(s)	Unit packet level unique identifier coded with the invariant set of ISO646:1991 and composed of two blocks: (a) ID issuer's prefix in accordance with ISO15459-2:2015 and (b) serialisation element in the format established by the ID issuer (i.e. UI made visible in the human readable format on the unit packets)
Year	UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) year in the following format: YYYY	‘2024’
Type	Description
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Simple (S)	Single value
Multiple (M)	Multiple values
Type	Description
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Mandatory (M)	The variable must be completed to successfully submit the message
Optional (O)	The variable relates to supplementary fields which remain optional

CHAPTER II

MESSAGES

Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-1
	EO_Name1	Economic operator's registered name	Text	S	M
	EO_Name2	Economic operator's alternative or abridged name	Text	S	O
	EO_Address	Economic operator's address – street name, house number, postal code, city	Text	S	M
	EO_CountryReg	Economic operator's country of registration	Country	S	M
	EO_Email	Economic operator's email address used to inform about registration process, including subsequent changes and other required correspondence	Text	S	M
	VAT_R	Indication of the VAT registration status	Boolean	S	M	0 – No VAT registration 1 – VAT number exists
	VAT_N	Economic operator's VAT number	Text	S	M, if VAT_R = 1
	TAX_N	Economic operator's tax registration number	Text	S	M, if VAT_R = 0
	EO_ExciseNumber1	Indication if the economic operator has an excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	Boolean	S	M	0 – No SEED number 1 – SEED number exists
	EO_ExciseNumber2	Economic operator's excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	SEED	S	M, if EO_ExciseNumber1 = 1
	OtherEOID_R	Indication if the economic operator has been allocated an identifier by another ID Issuer	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	OtherEOID_N	Economic operator identifier codes allocated by other ID Issuers	EOID	M	M, if OtherEOID_R = 1
	Reg_3RD	Indication if the registration is made on behalf of a retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Reg_EOID	Identifier of the economic operator that acts on behalf of a retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	EOID	S	M, if Reg_3RD = 1
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
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	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-2
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	EO_Name1	Economic operator's registered name	Text	S	M
	EO_Name2	Economic operator's alternative or abridged name	Text	S	O
	EO_Address	Economic operator's address – street name, postal code and city	Text	S	M
	EO_CountryReg	Economic operator's country of registration	Country	S	M
	EO_Email	Economic operator's email address used to inform about registration process, including subsequent changes	Text	S	M
	VAT_R	Indication of the VAT registration status	Boolean	S	M	0 – No VAT registration 1 – VAT number exists
	VAT_N	Economic operator's VAT number	Text	S	M, if VAT_R = 1
	TAX_N	Economic operator's tax registration number	Text	S	M, if VAT_R = 0
	EO_ExciseNumber1	Indication if the economic operator has an excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	Boolean	S	M	0 – No SEED number 1 – SEED number exists
	EO_ExciseNumber2	Economic operator's excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	SEED	S	M, if EO_ExciseNumber1 = 1
	OtherEOID_R	Indication if the economic operator has been allocated an identifier by another ID Issuer	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	OtherEOID_N	Economic operator identifier codes allocated by other ID Issuers	EOID	M	M, if OtherEOID_R = 1
	Reg_3RD	Indication if the registration is made on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Reg_EOID	Identifier of the economic operator that acts on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	EOID	S	M, if Reg_3RD = 1
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-3
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	Reg_3RD	Indication if the registration is made on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Reg_EOID	Identifier of the economic operator that acts on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	EOID	S	M, if Reg_3RD = 1
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-4
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	F_Address	Facility's address – street name, house number, postal code and city	Text	S	M
	F_Country	Facility's country	Country	S	M
	F_Type	Type of facility	Integer	S	M	1 – manufacturing site with warehouse 2 – standalone warehouse 3 – retail outlet 4 – other
	F_Type_Other	Description of other facility	Text	S	M, if F_Type = 4
	F_Status	Indication if a part of the facility has a tax (excise) warehouse status	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	F_ExciseNumber1	Indication if the facility has an excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	Boolean	S	M	0 – No SEED number 1 – SEED number exists
	F_ExciseNumber2	Facility's excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	SEED	S	M, if F_ExciseNumber1 = 1
	OtherFID_R	Indication if the facility has been allocated an identifier by another ID Issuer	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes (possible only for non-EU facilities)
	OtherFID_N	Facility identifier codes allocated by other ID Issuers	FID	M	M, if OtherFID_R = 1
	Reg_3RD	Indication if the registration is made on behalf of a retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes (possible only if F_Type = 3)
	Reg_EOID	Identifier of the economic operator that acts on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	EOID	S	M, if Reg_3RD = 1
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-5
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	F_Address	Facility's address – street name, postal code and city	Text	S	M
	F_Country	Facility's country	Country	S	M
	F_Type	Type of facility	Integer	S	M	1 – manufacturing site with warehouse 2 – standalone warehouse 3 – retail outlet 4 – other
	F_Type_Other	Description of other facility	Text	S	M, if F_Type = 4
	F_Status	Indication if a part of the facility has a tax (excise) warehouse status	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	F_ExciseNumber1	Indication if the facility has an excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	Boolean	S	M	0 – No SEED number 1 – SEED number exists
	F_ExciseNumber2	Facility's excise number issued by the competent authority for the purpose of identification of persons/premises	SEED	S	M, if F_ExciseNumber1 = 1
	OtherFID_R	Indication if the facility has been allocated an identifier by another ID Issuer	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes (possible only for non-EU facilities)
	OtherFID_N	Facility identifier codes allocated by other ID Issuers	FID	M	M, if OtherFID_R = 1
	Reg_3RD	Indication if the registration is made on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes (possible only if F_Type = 3)
	Reg_EOID	Identifier of the economic operator that acts on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	EOID	S	M, if Reg_3RD = 1
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-6
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	Reg_3RD	Indication if the de-registration is made on behalf of a retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Reg_EOID	Identifier of the economic operator that acts on behalf of the retail outlet operator not involved otherwise in the tobacco trade	EOID	S	M, if Reg_3RD = 1
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-7
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	M_Producer	Machine's producer	Text	S	M
	M_Model	Machine's model	Text	S	M
	M_Number	Machine's serial number	Text	S	M
	M_Capacity	Maximum capacity over 24-hour production cycle expressed in unit packets	Integer	S	M
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-8
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	M_ID	Machine identifier code	MID	S	M
	M_Producer	Machine's producer	Text	S	M
	M_Model	Machine's model	Text	S	M
	M_Number	Machine's serial number	Text	S	M
	M_Capacity	Maximum capacity over 24-hour production cycle expressed in unit packets	Integer	S	M
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	1-9
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code	EOID	S	M
	EO_CODE	Economic operator's confirmation code provided in response to the registration of economic operator	Text	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	M_ID	Machine identifier code	MID	S	M
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	2-1
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity (either EU manufacturer or EU importer)	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	Process_Type	Indication if the production process involves machinery	Boolean	S	M	0 – No (only for fully hand made products) 1 – Yes
	M_ID	Machine identifier code	MID	S	M, if Process_Type = 1
	P_Type	Type of tobacco product	Integer	S	M	1 — Cigarette 2 — Cigar 3 — Cigarillo 4 — Roll your own tobacco 5 — Pipe tobacco 6 — Waterpipe tobacco 7 — Oral tobacco 8 — Nasal tobacco 9 — Chewing tobacco 10 — Novel tobacco product 11 — Other (product placed on the market before 19 May 2014, not covered by categories 1-9)
	P_OtherType	Description of other type of tobacco product	Text	S	M, if P_Type = 11
	P_CN	Combined Nomenclature (CN) code	Text	S	O
	P_Brand	Brand of tobacco product	Text	S	M
	P_weight	Average gross weight of unit packet, including packaging, in grams with 0,1 gram accuracy	Decimal	S	M
	TP_ID	Tobacco product identifier used in the EU-CEG system	TPID	S	M, if Intended_Market is an EU country
	TP_PN	Tobacco product number used in the EU-CEG system	PN	S	M, if Intended_Market is an EU country
	Intended_Market	Intended country of retail sale	Country	S	M
	Intended_Route1	Indication if the product is intended to be moved across country boarders with terrestrial/water/air transport	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Intended_Route2	The first country of terrestrial/water/air transport after the product leaves the Member State of manufacturing or the Member State of importation established on the basis of a check point on the land border, next seaport or next airport respectively	Country	S	M, if Intended_Route1 = 1
	Import	Indication if the product is imported into the EU	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Req_Quantity	Requested quantity of unit packet level UIs	Integer	S	M
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	2-2
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	Req_Quantity	Requested quantity of aggregated level UIs	Integer	S	M
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	2-3
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Deact_Type	Deactivation of unit packet or aggregated level UIs	Integer	S	M	1 – Unit packet level UIs 2 – Aggregated level UIs
	Deact_Reason1	Identification of the reason for deactivation	Integer	S	M	1 – Product destroyed 2 – Product stolen 3 – UI destroyed 4 – UI stolen 5 – UI unused 6 – Other
	Deact_Reason2	Description of other reason	Text	S	M, if Deact_Reason1 = 6
	Deact_Reason3	Additional description of the reason	Text	S	O
	Deact_upUI	List of unit packet level UIs to be deactivated	upUI(s)	M	M, if Deact_Type = 1
	Deact_aUI	List of aggregated level UIs to be deactivated	aUI	M	M, if Deact_Type = 2
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-1
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	upUI_1	List of unit packet level UIs to be recorded (full length)	upUI(L)	M	M
	upUI_2	List of corresponding unit packet level UIs to be recorded (as visible in human readable format) indicated in the same order as upUI_1	upUI(s)	M	M
	upUI_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-2
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	aUI	Aggregated level UI	aUI	S	M
	Aggregation_Type	Identification of aggregation type	Integer	S	M	1 – aggregation of only unit packet level UIs 2 – aggregation of only aggregated level UIs 3 – aggregation of both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	Aggregated_UIs1	List of unit packet level UIs subject to aggregation	upUI(L)	M	M, if Aggregation_ Type = 1 or 3
	Aggregated_UIs2	List of aggregated level UIs subject to further aggregation	aUI	M	M, if Aggregation_ Type = 2 or 3
	aUI_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-3
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Event_Time	Intended time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	F_ID	Dispatch facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	Destination_ID1	Indication of destination type: if the destination facility is located on the EU territory and if it is delivery to a vending machine (VM) or by means of a vending van (VV) delivering to multiple retail outlets in quantities that have not been predetermined in advance of the delivery	Integer	S	M	1 – Non EU dest. 2 – EU destination other than VM – fixed quantity delivery 3 – EU VM(s) 4 – EU destination other than VM – delivery with VV
	Destination_ID2	Destination facility identifier code	FID	S	M, if Destination_ID1 = 2
	Destination_ID3	Destination facility identifier code(s) – possible multiple vending machines	FID	M	M, if Destination_ID1 = 3
	Destination_ID4	Destination facility identifier code(s)	FID	M	M, if Destination_ID1 = 4
	Destination_ID5	Destination facility's full address: street, house number, postal code, city	Text	S	M, if Destination_ID1 = 1
	Transport_mode	Mode of transport by which the product leaves the facility, see: Commission Regulation (EC) No 684/2009, Annex II, Code List 7	Integer	S	M	0 – Other 1 – Sea Transport 2 – Rail transport 3 – Road transport 4 – Air transport 5 – Postal consignment 6 – Fixed transport installations 7 – Inland waterway transport
	Transport_vehicle	Identification of the vehicle (i.e. number plates, train number, plane/flight number, ship name or other identification)	Text	S	M	‘n/a’ is permitted value if Transport_mode = 0 and product movement takes place between adjacent facilities and is delivered manually
	Transport_cont1	Indication if the transport is containerised and uses an individual transport unit code (e.g. SSCC)	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Transport_cont2	Individual transport unit code of the container	ITU	S	M, if Transport_cont1 = 1
	Transport_s1	Indication if the dispatch takes place with the logistic/postal operator who operates its own track and trace system accepted by the Member State of the dispatch facility. Only for small quantities of tobacco products (net weight of the products dispatched below 10 kg) destined for exports to third countries	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Transport_s2	The logistic operator's tracking number	Text	S	M, if Transport_s1 = 1
	EMCS	Dispatch under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS)	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	EMCS_ARC	Administrative Reference Code (ARC)	ARC	S	M, if EMCS = 1
	SAAD	Dispatch with a simplified accompanying document, see: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3649/92	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	SAAD_number	Reference number of the declaration and/or authorization which has to be given by the competent authority in the Member State of destination before the movement starts	Text	S	M, if SAAD = 1
	Exp_Declaration	Indication if the Movement Reference Number (MRN) has been issued by the customs office	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Exp_ DeclarationNumber	Movement Reference Number (MRN)	MRN	S	M, if Exp_Declaration = 1
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types in the dispatch (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs subject to the dispatch	upUI(L)	M	M, if UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs subject to the dispatch	aUI	M	M, if UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Dispatch_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-4
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Arrival facility identifier code	FID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	Product_Return	Indication if the arriving products are a return following complete or partial non-delivery	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types received (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs received	upUI(L)	M	M, if UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs received	aUI	M	M, if UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Arrival_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-5
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Event_Time	Intended time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	Destination_ID1	Indication if the destination facility is located on the EU territory	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Destination_ID2	Destination facility identifier code	FID	S	M, if Destination_ID1 = 1
	Destination_ID3	Destination facility's full address	Text	S	M, if Destination_ID1 = 0
	Transport_mode	Mode of transport to which the product is trans-loaded, see: Commission Regulation (EC) No 684/2009, Annex II, Code List 7	Integer	S	M	0 – Other 1 – Sea Transport 2 – Rail transport 3 – Road transport 4 – Air transport 5 – Postal consignment 6 – Fixed transport installations 7 – Inland waterway transport
	Transport_vehicle	Identification of the vehicle (i.e. number plates, train number, plane/flight number, ship name or other identification)	Text	S	M
	Transport_cont1	Indication if the transport is containerised and uses an individual transport unit code (e.g. SSCC)	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Transport_cont2	Individual transport unit code of the container	ITU	S	M, if Transport_cont1 = 1
	EMCS	Dispatch under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS)	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	EMCS_ARC	Administrative Reference Code (ARC)	ARC	S	M, if EMCS = 1
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types subject to the trans-loading (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs subject to the trans-loading	upUI(L)	M	M, if UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs subject to the trans-loading	aUI	M	M, if UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Transloading_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-6
	EO_ID	Economic operator's identifier	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Facility's identifier	FID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	aUI	Aggregated level UI subject to disaggregation	aUI	S	M
	disaUI_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	3-7
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	F_ID	Facility identifier code of retail outlet	FID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types delivered (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs delivered	upUI(L)	M	M, if UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs delivered	aUI	M	M, if UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Delivery_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	4-1
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	Invoice_Type1	Type of the invoice	Integer	S	M	1 – Original 2 – Correction 3 – Other
	Invoice_Type2	Description of the other type of the invoice	Text	S	M, if Invoice_Type1 = 3
	Invoice_Number	Number of the invoice	Text	S	M
	Invoice_Date	Date of the invoice	Date	S	M
	Invoice_Seller	Identity of the seller	EOID	S	M
	Invoice_Buyer1	Indication if the buyer is located in the EU	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Invoice_Buyer2	Identity of the buyer	EOID	S	M, if Invoice_Buyer1 = 1
	Buyer_Name	Buyer's registered legal name	Text	S	M, if Invoice_Buyer1 = 0
	Buyer_Address	Buyer's address – street name, house number, postal code, city	Text	S	M, if Invoice_Buyer1 = 0
	Buyer_CountryReg	Buyer's country of registration	Country	S	M, if Invoice_Buyer1 = 0
	Buyer_TAX_N	Buyer's tax registration number	Text	S	M, if Invoice_Buyer1 = 0
	First_Seller_EU	Indication if the invoice is issued by the first seller in the EU, i.e. the EU manufacturer or the importer, and the product is destined for the EU market	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Product_Items_1	List of TPIDs corresponding to the product items listed on the invoice	TPID	M	M, if First_Seller_EU = 1
	Product_Items_2	List of product numbers corresponding to the product items listed on the invoice (in the same order as Product_Items_1)	PN	M	M, if First_Seller_EU = 1
	Product_Price	Net unit packet price per each pair of TPID and product number (in the same order as Product_ Items_1)	Decimal	M	M, if First_Seller_EU = 1
	Invoice_Net	Total net amount of the invoice	Decimal	S	M
	Invoice_Currency	Currency of the invoice	Currency	S	M
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types covered by the invoice (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs covered by the invoice	upUI(L)	M	M, if UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs covered by the invoice	aUI	M	M, if UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Invoice_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	4-2
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	Order_Number	Number of the purchase order	Text	S	M
	Order_Date	Date of the purchase order	Date	S	M
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types covered by the purchase order (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs covered by the purchase order	upUI(L)	M	M, if UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs covered by the purchase order	aUI	M	M, if UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Order_comment	Description of the reason for delayed recording of the purchase order	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	4-3
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Event_Time	Time of event occurrence	Time(s)	S	M
	Payment_Date	Date of the payment receipt	Date	S	M
	Payment_Type	Type of payment	Integer	S	M	1 – bank transfer 2 – bank card 3 – cash 4 – other
	Payment_Amount	Amount of the payment	Decimal	S	M
	Payment_Currency	Currency of the payment	Currency	S	M
	Payment_Payer1	Indication if the payer is located in the EU	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Payment_Payer2	Identity of the payer	EOID	S	M, if Payment_Payer1 = 1
	Payer_Name	Payer's registered legal name	Text	S	M, if Payment_Payer1 = 0
	Payer_Address	Payer's address – street name, house number, postal code and city	Text	S	M, if Payment_Payer1 = 0
	Payer_CountryReg	Payer's country of registration	Country	S	M, if Payment_Payer1 = 0
	Payer_TAX_N	Payer's tax registration number	Text	S	M, if Payment_Payer1 = 0
	Payment_Recipient	Identity of the recipient	EOID	S	M
	Payment_Invoice	Indication if the payment corresponds to the existing invoice	Boolean	S	M	0 – No 1 – Yes
	Invoice_Paid	Number of the invoice paid with the payment	Text	S	M, if Payment_Invoice = 1
	UI_Type	Identification of UI types covered by the payment (recorded at the highest level of available aggregation)	Integer	S	M, if Payment_Invoice = 0	1 – only unit packet level UIs 2 – only aggregated level UIs 3 – both unit packet and aggregated level UIs
	upUIs	List of unit packet level UIs covered by the payment	upUI(L)	M	M, if Payment_Invoice = 0 and UI_Type = 1 or 3
	aUIs	List of aggregated level UIs covered by the payment	aUI	M	M, if Payment_Invoice = 0 and UI_Type = 2 or 3
	Payment_comment	Comments by the reporting entity	Text	S	O
Item #	Field	Comments	Data Type	Cardinality	Priority	Values
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Message_Type	Identification of message type	Text	S	M	5
	EO_ID	Economic operator identifier code of the submitting entity	EOID	S	M
	Recall_CODE	Message recall code provided to the message sender in the acknowledgement of the original message to be recalled	Text	S	M
	Recall_Reason1	Reason for recalling the original message	Integer	S	M	1 – reported event did not materialise (only for message types 3-3 and 3-5) 2 – message contained erroneous information 3 – other
	Recall_Reason2	Description of the reason for recalling the original message	Text	S	M, if Recall_Reason1 = 3
	Recall_Reason3	Any additional explanations on the reason for recalling the original message	Text	S	O

Notice: A recall with respect to operational and logistic events results in flagging the recalled message as cancelled but does not lead to the deletion of the existing database record.