COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC90) 215 final 
Brussels, 20 June 1990 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
laying down measures to be taken to discourage the diversion of 
certain substances to the illicit manufacture of 
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EX PL. A N AT OR Y ME M OS A N. D U M. 
A ,^,.„„G ei r \ er al observa t ion s, 
1. On 8 June 1989, the Community signed the 1988 UN 
Convention against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and 
Psychotropic Substances, on the basis of its competences in 
matters covered by Article 12. All Member States of the 
Community have in the meantime also signed the Convention. 
2. Article 12 of the Convention requires Parties to take 
appropriate measures to prevent the diversion of precursors. 
Precursors are chemical products, in particular solvents or 
acids (ether, acetone, ephedrine) which in the main are the 
subject of legitimate trade (manufacture of paint, glue, 
varnish....), but which can equally serve the illegal 
manufacture of drugs. In effect, the manufacture of certain 
drugs or psychotropic substances is impossible without the 
use of certain chemical substances which make it possible, 
for example, to use natural sources (poppies, coca 
leaves...) to manufacture drugs such as heroin or cocaine, 
or yet, can be used in the manufacture of synthetic drugs 
(LSD, amphetamines..) 
These chemical substances are called precursor products and 
consist mainly of solvents or acids originating in the 
chemical industry. 
3. The extent cf the traffic 
According to the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) of 
the United States, cocaine traffickers need between 6,000 
tonnes and 12,000 tonnes per year of chemical products to 
process the coca leaves, whereas American production of 
these products is about 60,000 tonnes. According to them, in 
1988 most of these products came from the USA; Europe was 
then a secondary supplier along with Brazil, Argentina and 
the Peoples Republic of China. That means that 10 to 20% of 
the American production was either illegal or was being 
diverted, mostly without the knowledge of the manufacturers. 
There is no precise data concerning the Community, but 
according to American sources, a very large increase (+438% 
for certain products) in supplies originating either 
directly or indirectly in Europe has taken place in 1989. 
This coincides with the entry into force of new American 
legislation which, by indirect consequence, provides an 
incentive for the traffickers to search for supplies in 
places where the risks are less, specifically in. Europe. The 
principal countries concerned are the Federal Republic of 
Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the United 
Kingdom. The majority of the consignments are routed via the 
Federal Republic of Germany. As to the companies concerned, 
it affects not only the producers and manufacturers, but 
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also the merchants, brokers, forwarding agents and other 
intermediaries. Concerning only the producers, the DEA 
estimates that there are 950 in the world, 490 in the USA. 
In this way the DEA controls for their part, 2500 
transactions per year, an average of 15 per day. 
4. Precursor monitoring in the meantime is considered 
worldwide a necessary and appropriate means of discouraging 
manufacture and thus reducing supply of illicit drugs. It 
American drug producing countries «- ,.„,-.. ^--*.,.t 
particular, during the negotiations of the 1988 Convention 
and again in the Cartagena Declaration of 15 February 1990. 
Politically, the proposed regulation has thus to be seen as 
an important contribution by industrialized countries in the 
North-South dialogue. For these reasons, the adoption of a 
Community precursor instrument has been recognized by CELAD 
as one of the three priority items in Community anti-drug 
action. 
5. At the same time, it is noted that - unlike drugs strictu 
sensu - only a very minor share of the substances concerned 
is subject to illicit diversion whereas most of the trade 
and manufacture is entirely legitimate. Therefore, an 
efficient monitoring system must not unilaterally be based 
on enforcement considerations but duly take into account the 
interests of legitimate trade. 
6. The proposed Regulation intends to institute, on a 
Community basis, a monitoring system over international 
precursor trade as required by Article 12 of the Convention. 
In conformity with the Council Decision of 1 June 1989 and 
the requirements of the Single Market of 1993, the proposal 
envisages a non-bureaucratic and cooperation-based solution 
which at the same time avoids the creation new obstacles to 
intra-Community trade. In due consideration of areas covered 
by Member States' competence, the proposal in a number of 
instances limits itself to the identification of certain 
objectives to be met by national legislation. 
7. The proposal has intentionally avoided to introduce any 
sort of licensing arrangement which would not only 
contradict the non-bureaucratic character of the system 
agreed at the Council but also prove to be counterproductive 
on the practical level. Past experience in Member States in 
the monitoring of precursors and other sensitive goods has 
shown that the most fruitful cooperation and the best 
results are obtained whenever economic operators are guided 
by competent authorities in the collection and exploitation 
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of information rather than if their cooperative spirit is 
exhausted by the completion of formal administrative 
procedures. 
Licensing systems, in particular with regard to export, do 
not provide for any additional guarantee against diversion 
to illicit purposes: experience again shows that licensing 
requirements may easily be circumvented by misdescription of 
goods or falsified documents, and due to extremely sporadic 
export controls, such manipulations are not likely to be 
detected. Furthermore, the present proposal allows competent 
authorities to react in cases of possible diversion as 
firmly as under any licensing system, ie shipments to non-
Community countries may be suspended or even forbidden if 
diversion to illicit purposes appears certain. 
8. This approach differs in certain aspects from that of the 
USA, because of the differences between the European drugs 
market and that of the USA (type of products consumed, 
percentage of drug addicts in the population, geographical 
situation, population involved...). In this way, the 
American legislation is more extensive as regards the list 
of products covered (20 products as against 12), whereas the 
Community text is limited, in accordance with the unanimous 
advice of experts, to the list foreseen by the Vienna 
Convention. Again the American legislation covers certain 
materials and equipment (tableting machines, encapsulating 
machines) which concern above all certain synthetic drugs 
(amphetamines) within the context of domestic production. It 
consists, moreover, of numerous details of a bureaucratic 
nature which have no place in Community legislation, and 
which are linked to the administrative organisation of each 
Member State. It includes, finally, a very large number of 
points on the matter of penalties, which are difficult to 
imagine in the drafts of a Community text which is limited 
to establishing a corresponding obligation for Member States 
as has been done in the matter of insider dealing. 
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Contents of the Regulation 
1. In conformity with the UN Convention, the proposed 
regulation distinguishes between two types of precursors (cf 
Table I and Table II in the Annex), ie those with limited 
use for licit purposes (Table I substances) and others with 
essential importance for legitimate commercial use (Table II 
substances). Both categories of precursors are subject to 
the general monitoring scheme laid down in this Regulation 
whereas the more stringent measures of Article 
Table I substances only. 4 apply to 
2. On the basis of this principal distinction. 
Regulation contains the following features (1): the 
a. Article 1_ determines the scope of the Regulation, ie 
monitoring of external Community trade, and defines a number 
of terms essential for its application. 
b. Considering that preventive measures as well as the 
tracing of diverted substances will be primarily be carried 
out on the basis of documentary evidence. Article 2 requires 
that economic operators keep appropriate records and 
documentation, and label goods clearly and ensures that 
competent authorities obtain access to documents and records 
for verification purposes (9d,e UNC). 
c. Article 3. containing the centerpiece of the standard 
monitoring scheme, reflects the cooperation-based approach 
by stimulating economic operators as well as other persons 
professionally involved to inform authorities of any 
circumstance indicating the possibility of diversion (9a 
UNO. Paragraph 3 ensures that such disclosure done in good 
faith does not lead to legal disadvantages for the 
informant. 
d. Article 4 (10a UNO establishes the specific export 
surveillance scheme with regard to Table I substances whose 
introduction by industrialized countries represented one of 
the main items in North-South discussions during the Vienna 
negotiations. Paragraph 1 contains the principle of 
obligatory pre-export notification by operators vis-à-vis 
national monitoring authorities, paragraph 2 providing for 
the exact content of such notifications ( 10a i)-iv) UNO. 
Although no export licensing system is foreseen, paragraph 3 
empowers monitoring authorities to suspend or even interdict 
shipment according to the degree of doubt regarding 
legitimate destination of the substances involved. Paragraph 
4 provides for routine communication of these notifications 
to the country of intended import whenever the latter has 
requested such communication from the Community. 
e • Article 5. intends to facilitate the application of the 
Regulation by supplying monitoring authorities with 
sufficient powers such as inspection, search and seizure (9b 
UNC). Specific powers are given to border authorities by 
1 numbers in brackets refer to corresponding paragraphs in 
the UN Convention (UNO 
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paragraph 2, in order to allow suspect consignments to be 
stopped before they leave or enter the Community territory. 
f- Article 6 covering intra-Community cooperation between 
monitoring authorities refers mutatis mutandis to Regulation 
(EEC) 1468/81 on mutual assistance in customs and 
agricultural matters, thus providing not only for a well-
established mechanism in administrative assistance but also 
for due protection of confidentiality with regard to all 
information obtained and circulated under this Regulation. 
9- Art icie 7 (9c UNC) complements Article 6 on the 
international level by ensuring that information on suspect 
consignments be passed on to other parties to the UN 
Convention concerned. 
h. Final Clauses: 
Article 8, although avoiding interference with Member 
States' competence in criminal matters, ensures that 
infringements of this Regulation be subject, Community-wide 
to appropriate penalties. 
Article 9 (12 UNO serves to fulfill the annual reporting 
obligations towards the UN, with the Commission acting as 
Community co-ordinating body. 
Article 10 provides for a Community forum to examine 
technical questions relating to the application of the 
Regulation. 
Taking into account the directive-type parts of the 
Regulation, Article 1 1 requires Member States to report the 
implementing measures taken, whereas Article 12 for the same 
reason provides for a split-up between entry into force and 
entry into application. 
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Proposal for a 
Ç o UJIÇJLL-. Re.g.ula .t i o_n_ JJEJECJ, 
laying down measures to be taken to discourage the diversion of certain 
substances to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and 
psychotropic substances. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1) 
Whereas on 19 December 1988, the United Nations Conference 
adopted a Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic 
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; whereas this Convention is 
part of the world-wide efforts to combat drugs; whereas the 
Community participated in the negotiation of this 
Convention, showing its political will to act within the 
limits of its competences; 
1 OJ No C ,p. 
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Uhereas the aforementioned Convention contains an Article 
12 concerning trade in precursors, ie substances frequently 
used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and 
psychotropic substances; whereas the implementation of this 
Article represents a contribution by industrialized 
countries to the effort requested from drug-producing 
countries which are generally much poorer than the former; whereas the 
provisions on the trade in such precursors affect the 
Community rules in.customs matters; whereas, on this basis, 
the Convention was signed on behalf of the Community on 8 
June 1989; whereas it is thus appropriate, in order to 
concretize this political will, to lay down Community rules 
on the trade between the Community and third countries, 
without prejudice to other provisions to be elaborated as 
regards intra-Community trade; 
Uhereas the provisions of Article 1 2 of the Convention are based on a system 
monitoring trade in the substances in question; whereas most of 
the trade in these substances is fully legitimate; whereas 
documentation and possible labelling as regards consignments 
of these substances have to be sufficiently clear; whereas 
it is furthermore important, whilst providing competent 
authorities with the necessary means of action, to develop, 
in compliance with the spirit of the Convention, mechanisms 
which are based on close cooperation with the economic 
operators concerned as well as on the development of the 
gathering, exchange and exploitation of intelligence; 
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Uhereas, in this framework, measures have to be taken to 
encourage the detection, by the various operators, of 
suspect operations and their cooperation with the competent 
authorities; whereas a system of pre-notification on 
consignments of certain substances, providing for the 
possibility of suspending or forbidding the operations in 
question under certain conditions, appears most appropriate 
to the situation; whereas several countries have already 
obtained very positive results favouring this approach; 
Uhereas the competent authorities af Member 
States should dispose of comparable means of action; whereas 
it is thus indispensable to establish, at Community level, 
common objectives in the matter; whereas this aspect is 
essential in the perspective of the completed internal 
market and in order to ensure the homogeneous application of 
the rules established; whereas it is also important, in this 
context, that each Member State provides for sufficiently 
dissuasive penalties; 
Uhereas it is important to provide, w'i t h i h the Community as 
well as with third countries which .are ..also . Parties to the 
Convention, mechanisms of administrative 
cooperation; whereas it is suitable in this respect, as far as 
the competent authorities in the Community are concerned, to 
seek inspiration from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1468/81 of 19 May 
1981 on mutual assistance between the administrative 
authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the 
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latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application 
of the law on customs and agricultural matters (2), as amended 
by Regulation (EEC) 945/87 (3); whereas particular attention has to be paid to 
the confidentiality of the information received and exchanged; 
Uhereas in order to examine possible problems concerning the 
application of this Regulation and to enhance its 
implementation and the development of administrative 
cooperation in the matter, it is appropriate to provide that 
the Commission organizes specific meetings; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
2 OJ No L 144,- 02.06.1981, p. 1, 
3 OJ No L 90, 02.04.1987, p.3. 
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TITLE I 
General 
Article 1 
1 . This Regulation lays down measures to be taken in order 
to monitor trade in precursors between the Community 
and third countries with a view to preventing the 
diversion of such substances for the illicit manufacture of 
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. 
2. For the purposes of this Regulation: 
(a) "scheduled substances" means any substance con­
tained in the Annex, including 
mixtures containing such substances. This excludes 
pharmaceutical preparations, or other preparations 
containing scheduled substances that are compounded in such 
a way that such substances cannot be easily used or 
recovered by readily applicable means; 
cb) "import" means any physical introduction of scheduled 
substances into the customs territory of the Community; 
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(c) "export" means any physical departure of scheduled 
substances from the customs territory of the Community which 
requires a customs export declaration) 
(d) "transit" means any transport of scheduled substances 
between . third countries through the customs 
territory of the Community and any transhipment in this 
territory; 
(e) "operator" means any natural or legal person engaged in the 
manufacture, production, trade or distribution of scheduled 
substances in the Community or involved in other related 
activities such as import, export, transit, broking and 
processing of scheduled substances. This definition 
includes, in particular, customs agents, 
(f) "UN Convention" means the United Nations Convention 
against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 
Substances, adopted in Vienna on 19 December 1988! 
(g) "International Narcotics Control Board" means the Board 
established by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 
1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol. 
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TITLE II 
Monitoring of trade 
Article 2 
Documentation, records and labelling 
The import, export and transit of scheduled substances are 
subject to the following requirements: 
1. all import, export and transit operations shall be 
properly documented. In particular, commercial documents 
such as invoices, cargo manifests, customs, transport and 
other shipping documents shall contain sufficient 
information to positively identify the following: 
- the name of the scheduled substance as stated in the Annex 
- the quantity, weight, composition and content of the scheduled 
substance 
- the name and address of the exporter and importer and, as far 
as is known to the manufacturer or distributor concerned, 
that of the consignee; 
2. whenever operators apply labels to scheduled substances 
in import, export or transit operations such labels shall 
mention the names of these substances as stated in the 
Annex; 
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3- operators involved in import, export and transit of 
scheduled substances shall keep detailed commercial records 
with regard to these activities^ 
4. the documents and records referred to in ;points 1 and 
3 shall be kept for a period not less than two 
years from the end of the calendar year in which the 
operation referred to in point .1 took place, and shall 
be made available to the competent authorities upon request. 
Article 3 
Notification 
1. Each Member State shall take, consistently with its own 
legal system, appropriate measures to encourage operators to 
immediately notify the competent authorities of any 
circumstances, such as unusual orders and transactions of 
scheduled substances, which indicate that such substances 
destined for import or export may be diverted for the 
illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic 
substances. 
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2. In addition to the measures to be taken under paragraph 
1, each Member State shall take, consistently with its own 
legal system, appropriate measures to encourage persons who 
suspect, as a result of information obtained by virtue of 
their professional activities, that scheduled substances 
which have been or are to be imported or exported may be 
destined for use in the illicit manufacture of a narcotic 
drug or psychotropic substance, to inform the competent 
authorities accordingly. 
3. The disclosure in good faith to the competent authority 
pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall not constitute a 
breach of any restriction on disclosure of information 
imposed by contract or by any Law, regulation or 
administrative provision, and shall not involve any 
civil or penal liability of any kind for the persons con­
cerned. This provision does not apply, in particular, to cases 
where disclosure is made to avoid prosecution or where 
malice is intended. 
Article 4 
Pre-export notification - Substances listed in Table 1 of the Annex 
1. In addition to the provisions of Article 3, persons who 
take the initiative in any intended export of scheduled 
substances listed in Table I of the Annex shall ensure that the 
competent authorities of the Member State where the customs 
export formalities are to be completed are duly notified of 
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such intention not later than 15 days before any customs 
export declaration is lodged. 
2. The notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain 
the following information: 
- the name and address of the exporter, of the importer in the 
third country and any other operator involved in the export 
operatio'n or shipment, and also those of the consignee as 
far as known to the operator concerned, 
- the name of the scheduled substance as stated in Table I of the Annex, 
- the quantity, weight, composition and content of the substance 
to be exported, 
- details as to the shipment such as expected date of 
dispatch, transport arrangements and, where known, 
itinerary, expected point of exit from the Community 
customs territory and point of eventual entry in the 
importing country. 
3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities 
referred to in paragraph 1 may by written order, 
confirmation of receipt of which must be duly provided by 
the person concerned: 
(a) delay the shipment of scheduled substances listed in Table I of the Annex 
until they are satisfied that the substances are destined 
for lawful purposes; 
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(b) forbid the shipment of scheduled substances listed in Table I of tl 
Annex, if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the 
scheduled substances are destined for the illicit 
manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. 
Unless an order referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) is 
made by the competent authority, the export is deemed 
approved upon expiration of the period of 15 days. 
A. Uith regard to requests for pre-export notification 
addressed to the Community by a third country 
pursuant to Article 12 (10) of the UN Convention, 
(a) the Commission shall immediately communicate to the 
competent authorities of the Member States any such request 
received ; 
(b) the competent authorities of the Member State concerned 
shall, prior to any export of scheduled substances to the 
requesting country, supply the information specified in 
paragraph 2 to the competent authorities of this country. A 
copy cf this r <v I y Lîhsll he cof.iï.un i ca t ec to the Commission 
with -. view to .*.:.; circulation to the other Member States; 
(c) the authority furnishing such information shall require 
that the authority in the third country receiving 
this information ensures the confidentiality of any trade, 
business, commercial or professional secret or trade process 
involved. 
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TITLE III 
Measures of control 
Article 5 
Legal powers of competent authorities 
1. In order to ensure the correct application of Articles 2 
and 4, each Member State shall adopt, consistently with 
its own legal system, the measures necessary to allow the 
competent authorities: 
(a) to obtain information on any orders or transactions of 
scheduled substances; 
(b) to enter and search professional premises of operators 
and to obtain evidence of irregularities; 
(c) to seize any scheduled substance if there is sufficient 
evidence that such substance, which has been or is to be 
imported, exported or in transit, is intended to be used in 
the illicit manufacture of a narcotic drug or psychotropic 
substance. 
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2. Uithout prejudice to the measures laid down in 
Article 4(3) and Article 5(1), the customs 
authorities or other competent authorities of each Member 
State may prohibit the introduction of scheduled substances 
into the Community customs territory or their departure from 
the latter, if there are reasonable grounds to believe that 
these substances are destined for the illicit manufacture of 
narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. 
TITLE IV 
Administrative cooperation 
Art icle 6 
For the purposes of applying this Regulation and without 
prejudice to Article 10, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1468/81 shall be applicable mutatis mutandis, 
in particular the provisions on confidentiality. Each Member 
State shall communicate to the other Member States and to 
the Commission the competent authority appointed to act as 
correspondent within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 1468/81 . 
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Article 7, 
The competent authorities referred to in Article 6 shall 
notify their counterparts in third countries 
concerned by the operation in question and parties to the UN 
Convention if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that 
the import, export or transit of a scheduled substance is 
destined for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or 
psychotropic substances. Notifications shall include all 
essential information which has led to that belief. The 
provisions on confidentiality laid down in Article 4 (4) (c) 
apply to such notifications mutatis mutandis. A copy of this 
notification shall be communicated to the Commission with a 
view to its circulation to the other Member States. 
TITLE V 
Final provisions 
Art icle 8 
Each Member State shall determine the penalties to be 
applied for the infringement of the provisions of this 
Regulation. The penalties shall be sufficient to promote 
compliance with those provisions. 
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Article 9 
1. The competent authorities of each Member State shall 
annually communicate to the Commission: 
- the amounts of scheduled substances seized and, when 
known, their origin; 
- any substance not . included in the 
Annex which is identified as having been used in illicit 
manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, 
and which is deemed to be sufficiently significant to be 
brought to the attention of the International Narcotics 
Control Board; 
- methods of diversion and illicit manufacture. 
2. The Commission, on the basis of the communications 
made pursuant to paragraph 1, shall, pursuant to Article 12(12) of 
the UN Convention and in consultation with Member States, 
draw up an annual report to be submitted to the 
International Narcotics Control Board. 
Article 10 
The Commission shall organize meetings with the 
representatives of Member States in order to examine any 
question concerning the application of this Regulation which 
is raised by the Chairman, either on his own initiative or 
or at the request of a Member State. 
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Artie le 1J 
Each Member State shall inform the Commission of the 
measures it takes pursuant to this Regulation. 
The Commission shall communicate this information to the 
other Member States. 
Article 12 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991. It 
shall apply from 1 July 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Counc i I 
Annex - 23 -
Table I Table II 
Ephedrine 
Ergometrine 
Ergotamine 
Lysergic acid 
i -phenyl-2-propanone 
Pseudoephedrine Acetic anhydride 
Acetone 
Anthranilic acid 
Ethyl ether 
Phenylacetic acid 
Piperidine 
The salts of the substances 
listed in this table whenever 
the existence of such salts is 
possible. The salts of the substances 
listed in this table whenever 
the existence of such salts is 
possible. 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
Draft proposal for a Council Regulation laying down measures 
to discourage the diversion of certain substances to the 
illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic 
substances. 
1 ._ Budgetary heading code: A 2 511 
2. Legal bas is : Article 113 
3. Description of project 
3.1. General objectives 
To comply with international obligations resulting from 
Article 12 of the 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic 
in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances signed by the 
Community on 8 June 1989. 
3.2. Specific objectives 
- To prevent, on a Community-wide basis, the diversion of 
precursor substances to the illicit manufacture of narcotic 
drugs and psychotropic substances, by establishing a 
monitoring system on the import, export and transit of 
precursors and provide for an exchange of information 
between the competent authorities of Member States and 
between the latter and the competent authorities of non-
Community countries. 
- To fulfill periodic reporting requirements towards the 
competent bodies of the United Nations 
3_;J5._. Financial implications of the project 
The management of the monitoring system will have the 
financial consequences set out under item 5 below. 
4 . Justification of..._th_e__px.ojje„ç_t 
To date, only informal precursor monitoring schemes exist in 
certain Member States which do not fulfill the standard 
required by the UN Convention. In order to fulfill the 
Community obligations from the Convention and at the same 
legislative 
the Single 
on external time to 
action 
Market, avo id 
incompatible 
the Community 
r t rade. ~ b e r States taking individual 
jith 
has the objectives of 
o enact legislation 
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5_. F.in ar. ç i a 1 imp_..li.ca .t.ion_s_..in r esp_ec_t _...oX._Lc^jerjvjejiticn. 
appropriations 
5_...l.._ Basis for estimation 
The envisaged Community system will result in expenses for 
the periodic organization of meetings with Member States 
experts in order to continually monitor the correct working 
of the system. The estimation shown below is based on an 
initial hypothesis of 2 meetings per year with Member States 
to be held in Brussels. 
- the set-up, at Commission level, of a management structure 
ensuring, in particular, liaison with Member States, third 
countries and competent international organizations, in 
particular, the UN. The structure would initially comprise 
two officials (1 A, 1 B). 
These resources are to be found either by means of internal 
redeployment or in the framework of the budgetary procedure 
for the year 1991. 
5.2. Estimated appropriations to be provided for 
Task Budgetary post 
A 251 1 
Travel expenses for Member 
States experts to Brussels: 
2x 24 experts: 2x 10,000 ECU 20,000 ECU 
20,000 ECU Total 
(from the budgetary year 1991 on) 
6_._ Implications for .own resources 
None 

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