Commission Regulation (EC) No 1533/2000 of 13 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1485/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 92/109/EEC, as regards customer declarations of specific use relating to certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (Text with EEA relevance)

• Published date: 14 July 2000
• Subject Matter: public health
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 175, 14 July 2000

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1533/2000 of 13 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1485/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 92/109/EEC, as regards customer declarations of specific use relating to certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 175 , 14/07/2000 P. 0075 - 0077

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1533/2000

of 13 July 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1485/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 92/109/EEC, as regards customer declarations of specific use relating to certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/109/EEC of 14 December 1992 on the manufacture and the placing on the market of certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances(1), as amended by Commission Directive 93/46/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1485/96 of 26 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 92/109/EEC, as regards customer declarations of specific use relating to certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances(3) provides for model declarations of use for individual and multiple transactions.

(2) In view of the difficulties caused by the use, by operators, of non-harmonised models and the use of all the official languages of the Community, it is necessary to draw up a uniform model for all operators to facilitate monitoring of the declarations by the Member State authorities.

(3) Although most competent authorities issue approvals of limited duration, this limit is not indicated in the model set out in the Annex to the Regulation, with the result that an undertaking, acting in good faith, could supply category 1 or category 2 substances to an undertaking for which authorisation has expired. It is therefore necessary to indicate any expiry date on the model declarations.

(4) The provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC)...