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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY General Affairs Information systems

Release note EU-CEG XML Creator

Hot fix: attachment XML size limitation increase up to 100MB

1.3.1

Wednesday 26 June 2018

Contents Hot fix ...................................................................................................................................................... 2

Data and export folder transfer from , 1.2.x, 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 .................................................................... 2

Migration from 1.1.3 to 1.3.1 .................................................................................................................. 3

Contact the support team ....................................................................................................................... 7

The EU-CEG XML Creator is a standalone client provided by the European Commission in the context

of the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. It allows submitters to generate XML files that can be

uploaded to the ETRUSTEX system for the purpose of making submissions to the EU Common Entry

Gate (EU-CEG).This client is made available to submitters at the courtesy of the European

Commission; however, submitters may also decide to generate XML files by any other means.

For more information on the XML creator, please see:

Tobacco products: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/8aa40522-a9bd-4912-8c76-a535554b5cd6

E-cigarette products: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b3141f3c-f8be-413f-b2a8-6c9f44b82cae

For more information on the submission process, please see:

https://ec.europa.eu/health/euceg/

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Hot fix

We have recently discovered that the XML creator version 1.3.0 does not allow the creation of

attachment with higher size than 20 MB, this can be an issue for the submission of the priority

additives files. The problem is fixed in the version 1.3.1, with this version you will be able to create

XML attachment up to 100MB. Before installing the new XML creator version (1.3.1), we advise that

you read carefully this release note.

Data and export folder transfer from 1.2.x, 1.3.0 to 1.3.1

Before to migrate your files check the version you are using at the top right of the screen.

Step by step:

Important notice:

It is required to have Java 8 64-bit version installed on your machine to create attachments up to 100MB, otherwise you will be limited to attachments of 20MB.

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Tobacco products: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/8aa40522-a9bd-4912-8c76-a535554b5cd6

E-cigarette products: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b3141f3c-f8be-413f-b2a8-6c9f44b82cae

Run the XML creator 1.3.1 by clicking on the run.bat or tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.3.1.jar file.

Migration from 1.1.3 to 1.3.1

Warning:

The version 1.1.x is not supported anymore.

If you still have a version 1.1.3 then the version 1.3.1 requires the migration of the existing data. This

process is automatically executed by the XML Creator tool on the first access to the data created in

previous versions.

The migration Step by step:

Tobacco products: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/8aa40522-a9bd-4912-8c76-a535554b5cd6

E-cigarette products: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b3141f3c-f8be-413f-b2a8-6c9f44b82cae

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Copy the "data" folder from the "tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.x" into the new version root "tpd-xml-

creator-tool-1.3.0"

Run the XML creator 1.3.1 by clicking on the run.bat or tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.3.1.jar file.

(Note: The duration of the migration process will depend on the number of files to be processed,

please wait until the process has been completed)

The popup to confirm the migration process will be displayed:

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The expected result is this success message:

If all the files have been correctly migrated they will be displayed directly in the list.

If something goes wrong, like for example an XML file that has been changed then a popup will be

displayed and a migration log file will be created.

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The migration log file will contain all the errors and warnings found during the migration. Note: The

result of the migration can be found in the log folder (file path:

log/TPD_XML_migration_process_x_x.log.

WARNING [2017-05-04 12:36:42] The file (H:\EUCEG\tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.2.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT\data\ecigarette-product-

submissions\5213822c-d7f4-426e-a2aa-a6d8d96d647c - Copy.xml) requires a data model version upgrade from version

(null) to (1.2.0).

INFO [2017-05-04 12:36:43] Data model backup (4e4d8228-4010-4976-91f1-5ee1a4cfbe4e) started...

INFO [2017-05-04 12:36:43] backup\4e4d8228-4010-4976-91f1-5ee1a4cfbe4e

INFO [2017-05-04 12:36:43] Data model upgrade (1.2.0) started...

INFO [2017-05-04 12:36:43] Upgrading file H:\EUCEG\tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.2.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT\data\tobacco-product-

submissions\917a7607-15b2-4fbc-91e8-12dc54644265.xml

INFO [2017-05-04 12:36:44] File 917a7607-15b2-4fbc-91e8-12dc54644265.xml was successfully upgraded.

INFO [2017-05-04 12:36:44] Upgrading file H:\EUCEG\tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.2.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT\data\ecigarette-product-

submissions\5213822c-d7f4-426e-a2aa-a6d8d96d647c - Copy.xml

SEVERE [2017-05-04 12:36:44] Could not upgrade file H:\EUCEG\tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.2.0-RC2-

SNAPSHOT\data\ecigarette-product-submissions\5213822c-d7f4-426e-a2aa-a6d8d96d647c - Copy.xml: The file name

(H:\EUCEG\tpd-xml-creator-tool-1.2.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT\data\ecigarette-product-submissions\5213822c-d7f4-426e-a2aa-

a6d8d96d647c - Copy.xml) does not match the model uuid (5213822c-d7f4-426e-a2aa-a6d8d96d647c). If this file was

added or renamed manually please set the file name accordingly -> (5213822c-d7f4-426e-a2aa-a6d8d96d647c.xml)

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Contact the support team If you encounter any problem during the migration processes please don't hesitate to inform the

support team and give as much information as possible in your email.

SANTE-EUCEG-ITSUPPORT@ec.europa.eu

Your submitter identification (ID) Information clearly in the subject that the problem is related to the migration: "migration

issue" Explain the steps by steps actions that you went through. Attach the log file generated during the migration directly (The result of the migration can be

found in the log folder (file path: log/TPD_XML_migration_process_x_x.log)