In December 2004, The European Union Commission has communicated about controls on imports, exports and transits of chemical substances used for the manufacture of illicit synthetic drugs.
The act is: “Council Regulation (EEC) No 111/2005” from22 December 2004 regarding laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors and has started to be applying with 15 February 2005. It has been published in OJ L 22 from 26.1.2005.
Drug precursors refer to substances used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The regulation applies to imports, exports and transit of drug precursors with a view to preventing their diversion.
The purpose of this regulation is to:
• introduce import and export authorization requirements for the drug precursors concerned;
• require all operators to label and properly document drug precursors.
The documentation shall be kept by the operators for a period of three years from the end of the calendar year in which the operation took place. The documentation shall be organized in such a way, electronically or in paper form, that it is readily available for inspection by the competent authorities upon request.
Operators shall ensure that labels are affixed on any packaging containing scheduled substances indicating their name as stated in the Annex, or, in the case of a mixture or a natural product, its name and the name of any scheduled substance, as stated in the Annex, contained in the mixture or in the natural product. Operators may, in addition, affix their customary labels.
• require that all operators be licensed;
• make sure that all drug precursor consignments are inspected in the EU;
• strengthen import and export controls;
• conduct special controls at EU level in areas where the risk of diversion is high, such as free zones and transhipment zones.
NB: This summary is only for information and is not designed to interpret or replace the reference document, which remains the only binding legal text.
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