HMRC Tobacco Security Features

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: II.1.4) Short description, paragraph 1 Instead of: This Prior Information Notice is to notify interested parties of an information day in Manchester on 07.06.18 where suppliers can inform HMRC about their technologies and capabilities, Read: This Prior Information Notice is to notify interested parties of an information day in Manchester on 11.06.18 where suppliers can inform HMRC about their technologies and capabilities Place of text to be modified: II.2.14) Additional information, paragraph 1 Instead of: Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to attend an engagement day on 07.06.18 Read: Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to attend an engagement day on 11.06.18 Place of text to be modified: II.2.4) Description of the procurement, paragraph 2 Instead of: This Prior Information Notice is to notify parties interested in the manufacture and/or supply of such elements of an engagement day in Manchester on 07.06.18.

Read: This Prior Information Notice is to notify parties interested in the manufacture and/or supply of such elements of an engagement day in Manchester on 11.06.18 Place of text to be modified: VI.3) Additional Information, paragraph 3 Instead of: Online questionnaires must be fully completed no later than 12:00 on 05.06.2018.

Read: Online questionnaires must be fully completed no later than 12:00 on 07.06.2018 Other additional information: The date of the supplier day is Monday 11.06.2018, not 07.06.2018 as originally published.

As required by Article 16 of EU Directive 2014/40/EU and the associated Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for security features applied to tobacco products HMRC will be defining the elements that will be used to develop security features applied to tobacco products manufactured in, or imported into, the UK.

This Prior Information Notice is to notify interested parties of an information day in Manchester on 07.06.18 where suppliers can inform HMRC about their technologies and capabilities.

This will assist HMRC in deciding what elements to require.

NOTE: The definitions will be capability/technology based, HMRC will not be mandating any specific suppliers products.