# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1011 of 24 April 2015 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on drug precursors and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Union and third countries in drug precursors, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 12: Criteria for determining simplified procedures for export authorisations

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

1. Following an application by the operator concerned the competent authority may grant an export authorisation by simplified procedure pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 in cases of frequent exports of one specific scheduled substance listed in Categories 3 and 4 of the Annex to that Regulation involving the same exporter established in Great Britain and the same importer in the same third country of destination or Northern Ireland covering a specific time period of either 6 or 12 months.
Such simplified export authorisation may only be granted in the following cases:
(a) where during previous exports the operator has shown the capacity to fulfil all obligations in relation to those exports, and has not committed any offences against relevant legislation;
(b) where the competent authority can satisfy itself as to the licit purposes of those export operations.
2. The application for a simplified export authorisation shall contain at least the following:
(a) the names and addresses of the exporter, the importer in the third country or Northern Ireland, and the ultimate consignee;
(b) the name of the scheduled substance, as stated in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 111/2005, or, in the case of a mixture or natural product, its name and CN code and the name of any scheduled substance, as stated in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 111/2005, contained in the mixture or natural product;
(c) the maximum quantity of the scheduled substance intended for export;
(d) the intended specific time period for the export operations.
3. The competent authority shall take the decision on the application for simplified export authorisation within a period of 15 working days from the date on which it received the required information.
4. In case of emergency medical care, where the conditions under paragraph 1 (a) and (b) of this Article are fulfilled, the competent authority shall take the decision on the application for simplified export authorisation for exports of scheduled substances of Category 4 listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 immediately or at the latest within 3 working days after receipt of the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1011/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1011/article-12
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