The Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors)(Community External Trade) Regulations 2008
These Regulations implement Council Regulation (EC) No. 111/2005 (“the Community Regulation”). The Community Regulation itself imposes obligations on operators in respect of the documentation, recording and labelling of scheduled substances (substances useful for the manufacture of controlled drugs, known as drug precursors). It also requires operators engaged in the export or import or in intermediary activities involving scheduled substances to have a licence where those substances are in Category 1 of the Annex to the Community Regulation and to register where those substances are in Category 2 of that Annex. It requires operators to notify the competent authorities about their export, import or intermediary activities and about any circumstances which suggest that scheduled substances intended for import, export or intermediary activities might be diverted for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. The Community Regulation also imposes obligations on operators to obtain an export authorisation prior to exporting scheduled substances that require a customs declaration and to obtain an import authorisation prior to importing scheduled substances in Category 1 of the Annex to the Community Regulation.