# Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 of 22 December 2004 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Union and third countries in drug precursors, Article 10

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. In order to facilitate cooperation between the competent authorities, operators established in Great Britain and the chemical industry, in particular as regards non-scheduled substances, the Secretary of State must draw up and update guidelines.
2. These guidelines shall provide, in particular:
(a) information on how to identify and notify suspect transactions;
(b) a regularly updated list of non-scheduled substances to enable the industry to monitor on a voluntary basis the trade in such substances.
3. The competent authorities shall ensure that the guidelines are regularly disseminated in accordance with the objectives of these guidelines.
4. In order to respond rapidly to new diversion trends, the Secretary of State may add a non-scheduled substance to the list referred to in paragraph 2(b) in order to temporarily monitor its trade. Detailed arrangements and criteria for the inclusion or deletion from that list shall be specified in the guidelines referred to in paragraph 1.
5. If voluntary monitoring by the industry is considered insufficient to prevent the use of a non-scheduled substance for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, the Secretary of State may by regulations add the non-scheduled substance to the Annex ....

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/111/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111/article-10
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