National issuer of identifier codes for tobacco products traceability in the Republic of Ireland .
The traceability system enables the monitoring of tobacco products across the supply chain (tracking) and, enables authorities to determine potential points of diversion from or into the supply chain (tracing).
Traceability is only possible if tobacco products are marked with unique identifier (UI) codes (containing predefined information – such as origin and date of manufacture, destination etc.). This enables their identification, tracking and tracing throughout the supply chain, and the transmission of related information to a data storage facility.
The UI is an alphanumeric code, which is encoded in a data carrier for the purpose of machine readability (e.g. scanning). Data carriers often take the form of an optical (one or two-dimensional) barcode, which is irremovably applied to the product package.
In the context of the implementation of Article 15 of the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40 and Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/574, it is mandatory to use unique individual identifiers of participants in the supply chain of the tobacco products, in European tracking system which is intended to prevent and restrict the illicit trade in tobacco products. The Directive enters into force on 20.5.2019.
To register an existing economic operator on the https://irelandidissuer.ie website and to register all existing facilities and get the appropriate codes for each of them.
Go to the website: https://irelandidissuer.ie Then click on the registration button, which will open the registration screen. In the upper right corner of this screen, there is a link to detailed instructions for registering an economic operator and facilities.
User should register only once as a distributor and then create separate codes for retail sites (facilities) and warehouses (when creating an facility it is possible to choose different facility type – warehouse or retail store).
After economic operator registration and receipt of the username and password, the user must login into the system and enter the data of one or more facilities.
For each of its retail stores the economic operator is obliged to enter a separate record in the system.
After storing the facility data, the system will automatically generate facility code.
Creating an individual facility is done as follows: On the left side of the menu, select Facility, and then select the New facility icon in the upper right part of the screen.
Once this is done, a data entry screen will open for each individual facility. A list of all facility codes (FID’s) is available within the system afterwards.
Yes. The system allows you to store all registered facility codes (identifiers) in CSV format. This option is on the Facility dashboard in the upper right corner. The name of the icon with which the storage option is enabled is Export.
Yes. The system generates a economic operator code automatically upon approval of the request. You will get your username and password in e-mail. After first login in the system, user need to change the received password.
On the Economic operator system dashboard you will find a registered subject with its associated identifier. After that, user can immediately start creating facilities under the Facility menu option.
There is a possibility of integration via the API interface, where user needs to develop software support on their own. API interface manual can be found on the system dashboard under Administration – API menu. Also there is a possibility of import using XLS template available in menu Documents
The tobacco products directive recognizes only form of authorized registration of retail stores, done by an economic operator that is also registered in the system as an economic operator. In that case, the existing identifiers of that economic operator are entered in the last two fields in the registration form.
The accounting service can register clients by entering the client data in all the registration fields (including the username), except for entering their data in the e-mail and mobile phone fields.
In that way, the username and password will be delivered to the accounting service, but the user profile will be made on behalf of the retailer.
Please note that registration is possible under condition that you have the permission of your client to do so and that in this case you are responsible for the correct and adequate use of the system and the fulfillment of the obligations in accordance with the regulation.
The excise number and the tax number are issued by the competent authority in this case the Tax administration.
A tax warehouse is a field that tells whether a part of an facility has a status of excise warehouse.
Moving cigarettes between retailers is permitted and is not subject to reporting obligations.
However, if cigarettes are moved from a retail store through a warehouse to another retail outlet, such warehouse events must be recorded and that traffic must be reported to the central traceability system.
Cigarettes that are picked up at the warehouse by the distributor and then shipped to retailers also have to record these transactions in the central traceability system.
ID Issuer is the chosen legal entity by the Member State responsible for generating and issuing unique identifiers.
Economic operator identifier is the unique identifier issued by the authorized issuer of the identifier codes to enable proper functioning of the traceability system. Economic operators are authorized to handle tobacco products only if they have registered their identifiers.
Every business entity, an entrepreneur dealing with tobacco products trade.
Specifically, an entrepreneur (legal or natural person) engaged in the trade of tobacco products, including exports, starting from the manufacturer and the last economic operator, including the first retail outlet.
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The privacy statement provides the necessary information on the personal data processing operations of the EU tobacco traceability system and informs the data subjects about the data controller that serves as a contact point for the exercise of their rights.
