{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/111",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Imports of scheduled substances listed in Category 1 of the Annex shall be subject to an import authorisation. An import authorisation may only be granted to an operator established in Great Britain. The import authorisation shall be issued by the competent authorities ....\nHowever, where the substances referred to in the first paragraph are unloaded or transhipped, under temporary storage, or stored in a free zone ..., such import authorisation shall not be required.",
  "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": "Words in Art. 20 substituted (29.6.2026) by The Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/607), regs. 1(1), 6(16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 14(16)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 1259/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Art. 20 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 14(16)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 14(16)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/111/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:54.786055+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."
}