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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 Article 5

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 Article 5

Applying security features to unit packets

Article 5

1.   Member States shall require security features to be applied to unit packets of tobacco products using any of the following methods: (a) affixing; (b) printing; (c) combination of affixing and printing. 2.   Security features shall be applied to unit packets of tobacco products in a manner that: (a) allows for the identification and verification of the authenticity of an individual unit packet of tobacco product for the entire time the tobacco product is placed on the market; and (b) protects them from being replaced, reused or modified in any way.

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