# 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 9

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

1. Operators established in Great Britain shall notify the competent authorities immediately of any circumstances, such as unusual orders and transactions involving scheduled substances, which suggest that such substances intended for import, export or intermediary activities might be diverted for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
To that end, operators shall provide any available information, such as:
(a) the name of the scheduled substance;
(b) the quantity and weight of the scheduled substance;
(c) the names and addresses of the exporter, the importer, the ultimate consignee and, where applicable, the person involved in the intermediary activities.
That information shall only be collected for the purposes of preventing the diversion of scheduled substances.
2. Operators shall provide the competent authorities with information in summary form about their export, import or intermediary activities.
The Secretary of State may set out the information that is required by the competent authorities in order to allow them to monitor those activities.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/111/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-111/article-9
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