# 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 26

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

1. Without prejudice to Articles 11 to 25 and to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the competent authorities ... shall prohibit the introduction of scheduled substances into Great Britain or their departure from it, where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that such substances are intended for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
2. The competent authorities shall detain or suspend release of the scheduled substances for the time necessary to verify the identification of the scheduled substances or compliance with the rules of this Regulation.
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3a. The competent authorities ... shall prohibit the introduction of consignments of non-scheduled substances into Great Britain or their departure from it where there is sufficient evidence that those substances are intended for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
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Those substances shall be considered as proposed for inclusion in the list of non-scheduled substances referred to in point (b) of Article 10(2).
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5. The competent authorities may require the operators to pay a fee for the issuing of licences, registrations and authorisations. Such fees shall be levied in a non-discriminatory way and shall not exceed the approximate cost of processing the application.
Such fees shall be prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/111/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111/article-26
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