# 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 11

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

1. All exports of scheduled substances listed in Categories 1 and 4 of the Annex and exports of scheduled substances listed in Categories 2 and 3 of the Annex to certain countries of destination shall be preceded by a pre-export notification sent from the competent authorities ... to the competent authorities of the country of destination or Northern Ireland, in accordance with Article 12(10) of the United Nations Convention. The Secretary of State may make regulations determine the lists of the countries of destination which may include Northern Ireland, for export of scheduled substances listed in Categories 2 and 3 of the Annex in order to minimise the risk of diversion of scheduled substances.
The country of destination or Northern Ireland shall be allowed a period of 15 working days to reply, at the end of which the export operation may be authorised by the competent authorities ..., if no advice from the competent authorities of the country of destination is received indicating that this export operation might be intended for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
2. In the case of the scheduled substances to be notified in accordance with paragraph 1, the competent authorities ... shall, prior to the export of such substances, supply the information specified in Article 13(1) to the competent authorities of the country of destination.
The Secretary of State supplying such information shall require the authority in the third country or Northern Ireland receiving the information to keep confidential any trade, business, commercial or professional secret or any trade process referred to therein.
3. Simplified pre-export notification procedures may be applied by the competent authorities where they are satisfied that this will not result in any risk of diversion of scheduled substances. The Secretary of State may make regulations to determine such procedures and to establish the common criteria to be applied by the competent authorities.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/111/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111/article-11
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