{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1011/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1011/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/1011",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1011",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Criteria for determining the licit purposes of a transaction",
  "text": "1. The operator shall provide information that the consignment has left the country of export or Northern Ireland in accordance with the national provisions in force adopted pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention of the United Nations against illicit traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances to demonstrate the licit purpose of his transaction pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/2005.\n2. For that purpose, the operator shall either use the model set out in Annex II to this Regulation or present the import authorisation referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 or the customer declaration referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 273/2004.",
  "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. 8(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (29.6.2026) by The Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/607), regs. 1(1), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision of 22 October 1990 (OJ L 326, 24.11.1990, p. 56)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1011/article/8",
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  },
  "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."
}