FCTC/MOP1(6) Tracking and tracing systems, including the global information sharing focal point and unique identification markings for cigarette packets and packages

Overview

First session
Geneva, Switzerland, 8−10 October 2018

DECISION

Article 8 of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol) requires an international tracking and tracing regime to be established within five years of entry into force of the Protocol, comprising national and/or regional tracking and tracing systems and a global information-sharing focal point located at the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and accessible to all Parties, enabling the Parties to make enquiries and receive relevant information.