{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-273/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-273/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/273",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on drug precursors (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-273",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Guidelines",
  "text": "1. The Secretary of State must draw up, and keep up to date, guidelines to facilitate cooperation between the competent authorities, the operators, and the chemical industry, in particular as regards non-scheduled substances.\n2. The guidelines shall provide in particular:\n(a) information on how to recognise and notify suspect transactions;\n(b) a regularly updated list of non-scheduled substances to enable the industry to monitor on a voluntary basis the trade in such substances;\n(c) other information which may be deemed useful.\n3. The competent authorities shall ensure that the guidelines and the list of non-scheduled substances are regularly disseminated in a manner deemed appropriate by the competent authorities in accordance with the objectives of the guidelines.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked (N.I.) (29.6.2026) by The Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/607), reg. 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 1258/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 on drug precursors (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 13(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/273/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:43.407409+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}