Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on drug precursors (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
- Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 March 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two, 32009R0219, March 31, 2009
- Regulation (EU) No 1258/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 November 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 on drug precursors(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R1258, December 10, 2013
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1443of 29 June 2016amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R1443, September 1, 2016
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/729of 26 February 2018amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances(Text with EEA relevance), 32018R0729, May 18, 2018
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1737of 14 July 2020amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1737 of 14 July 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances(Official Journal of the European Union L 392 of 23 November 2020), 32020R173732020R1737R(03), November 23, 2020
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1518of 29 March 2022amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances(Text with EEA relevance), 32022R1518, September 13, 2022
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/196of 25 November 2022amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0196, January 31, 2023
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1331of 28 February 2024amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of the drug precursor Isopropylidene (2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)acetyl)malonate (IMDPAM) and other substances in the list of scheduled substances(Text with EEA relevance), 32024R1331, May 14, 2024
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1737 of 14 July 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances, 32020R1737R(03), August 5, 2021
(a) "scheduled substance" means any substance listed in Annex I that can be used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, including mixtures and natural products containing such substances but excluding mixtures and natural products which contain scheduled substances and which are compounded in such a way that the scheduled substances cannot be easily used or extracted by readily applicable or economically viable means, medicinal products as defined in point 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and veterinary medicinal products as defined in point 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67 ). ;Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1 ).(b) "non-scheduled substance" means any substance which, although not listed in Annex I, is identified as having been used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances; (c) "placing on the market" means any supply, whether in return for payment or free of charge, of scheduled substances in the Union; or the storage, manufacture, production, processing, trade, distribution or brokering of these substances for the purpose of supply in the Union; (d) "operator" means any natural or legal person engaged in the placing on the market of scheduled substances; (e) "International Narcotics Control Board" means the Board established by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol; (f) "special licence" means a licence that is granted to a particular type of operator; (g) "special registration" means a registration that is made for a particular type of operator; (h) "user" means a natural or legal person other than an operator who possesses a scheduled substance and is engaged in the processing, formulation, consumption, storage, keeping, treatment, filling into containers, transfer from one container to another, mixing, transformation or any other utilisation of scheduled substances; (i) "natural product" means an organism or a part thereof, in any form, or any substances which occur in nature as defined in point 39 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council .Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1 ).
(a) granting the licence, including, where relevant, the categories of personal data to be provided; (b) granting registration, including where relevant the categories of personal data to be provided; (c) listing operators and users in the European database referred to in Article 13a, in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Article.
(a) the customer has been supplied by the operator with the substance on at least three occasions in the preceding 12 months; (b) the operator has no reason to suppose that the substance will be used for illicit purposes; (c) the quantities ordered are consistent with the usual consumption for that customer.
(a) the name of the scheduled substance as given in categories 1 and 2 of Annex I; (b) the quantity and weight of the scheduled substance and, where a mixture or natural product is concerned, the quantity and weight, if available, of the mixture or natural product as well as the quantity and weight, or the percentage by weight, of any substance or substances of categories 1 and 2 of Annex I which are contained in the mixture; (c) the name and address of the supplier, distributor, consignee, and, if possible, of other operators directly involved in the transaction, as referred to in Article 2(c) and (d).
(a) match the documentation in appearance and content when made readable, and (b) are readily available at all times, can be made readable without delay and can be analysed by automated means for the duration of the period specified in paragraph 5.
(a) information on how to recognise and notify suspect transactions; (b) a regularly updated list of non-scheduled substances to enable the industry to monitor on a voluntary basis the trade in such substances; (c) other information which may be deemed useful.
(a) to obtain information on any orders for scheduled substances or operations involving scheduled substances; (b) to enter operators’ and users’ business premises in order to obtain evidence of irregularities; (c) where necessary, to detain and seize consignments that fail to comply with this Regulation.
(a) to obtain information on any orders for non-scheduled substances or operations involving non-scheduled substances; (b) to enter business premises in order to obtain evidence of suspicious transactions involving non-scheduled substances; (c) where necessary, to detain and seize consignments to prevent the use of specific non-scheduled substances for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
(a) to facilitate the communication of information, where possible in an aggregated and anonymised manner, pursuant to Article 13(1), the synthesis and analysis of that information at the Union level, and the reporting to the International Narcotics Control Board pursuant to Article 13(3); (b) to create a European register of operators and users, which have been granted a licence or registration; (c) to enable operators to provide the competent authorities with information about their transactions in accordance with Article 8(2) in electronic form, as specified in implementing measures adopted pursuant to Article 14.
(a) rules on how to provide customer declarations referred to in Article 4 in electronic form, where appropriate; (b) rules on how to provide the information referred to in Article 8(2), including, where appropriate, in electronic form to a European database; (c) procedural rules for granting licences and registrations and for listing operators and users in the European database, as referred to in Article 3(2), (6) and (7).
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
1-phenyl-2-propanone | Phenylacetone | 103-79-7 | |
Diethyl (phenylacetyl) propanedioate (DEPAPD) | 20320-59-6 | ||
Methyl | 16648-44-5 | ||
Ethyl alpha-phenylacetoacetate (EAPA) | 5413-05-8 | ||
80532-66-7 | |||
25547-51-7 | |||
N-acetylanthranilic acid | 2-acetamidobenzoic acid | 89-52-1 | |
4433-77-6 | |||
4468-48-8 | |||
Isosafrol (cis + trans) | 120-58-1 | ||
3,4-methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-one | 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)propan-2-one | 4676-39-5 | |
Piperonal | 120-57-0 | ||
Safrole | 94-59-7 | ||
Ethyl 3-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyloxirane-2-carboxylate (PMK ethyl glycidate) | 28578-16-7 | ||
Methyl 3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyloxirane-2-carboxylate (PMK methyl glycidate) | 13605-48-6 | ||
Methyl 3-oxo-2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)butanoate (MAMDPA) | Methyl 3-oxo-2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)butanoate | 1369021-80-6 | |
3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyl-oxirane-2-carboxylic acid (PMK glycidic acid) | 2167189-50-4 | ||
IMDPAM | |||
N-phenyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-amine | 4-anilino-N- phenethylpiperidine (ANPP) | 21409-26-7 | |
1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-one | N-phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP) | 39742-60-4 | |
N-phenylpiperidin-4-amine (4-AP) | 23056-29-3 | ||
Tert-butyl 4-anilinopiperidine-1-carboxylate (1-boc-4-AP) | 125541-22-2 | ||
N-phenyl-N-(piperidin-4-yl)propanamide (norfentanyl) | 1609-66-1 | ||
Ephedrine | 299-42-3 | ||
Pseudoephedrine | 90-82-4 | ||
Norephedrine | 14838-15-4 | ||
Ergometrine | 60-79-7 | ||
Ergotamine | 113-15-5 | ||
Lysergic acid | 82-58-6 | ||
The stereoisomeric forms of the substances listed in this category not being cathine | |||
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible and not being the salts of cathine. | |||
(1R,2S)-(-)-chloroephedrine | 110925-64-9 | ||
(1S,2R)-(+)-chloroephedrine | 1384199-95-4 | ||
(1S,2S)-(+)-chloropseudoephedrine | 73393-61-0 | ||
(1R,2R)-(-)-chloropseudoephedrine | 771434-80-1 |
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
Red phosphorus | 7723-14-0 | ||
Acetic anhydride | 108-24-7 | ||
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible. |
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
Phenylacetic acid | 103-82-2 | ||
Anthranilic acid | 118-92-3 | ||
Piperidine | 110-89-4 | ||
Potassium permanganate | 7722-64-7 | ||
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible. |
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
Hydrochloric acid | Hydrogen chloride | 7647-01-0 | |
Sulphuric acid | 7664-93-9 | ||
Toluene | 108-88-3 | ||
Ethyl ether | Diethyl ether | 60-29-7 | |
Acetone | 67-64-1 | ||
Methylethylketone | Butanone | 78-93-3 | |
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible and not being the salts of hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid. |
Substance | Threshold |
---|---|
Acetic anhydride | 100 l |
Potassium permanganate | 100 kg |
Anthranilic acid and its salts | 1 kg |
Phenylacetic acid and its salts | 1 kg |
Piperidine and its salts | 0,5 kg |
Red phosphorus | 0,1 kg |
(a) "scheduled substance" means any substance listed in Annex I that can be used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, including mixtures and natural products containing such substances but excluding mixtures and natural products which contain scheduled substances and which are compounded in such a way that the scheduled substances cannot be easily used or extracted by readily applicable or economically viable means, medicinal products as defined in point 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and veterinary medicinal products as defined in point 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67 ). ;Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1 ).(b) "non-scheduled substance" means any substance which, although not listed in Annex I, is identified as having been used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances; (c) "placing on the market" means any supply, whether in return for payment or free of charge, of scheduled substances in the Union; or the storage, manufacture, production, processing, trade, distribution or brokering of these substances for the purpose of supply in the Union; (d) "operator" means any natural or legal person engaged in the placing on the market of scheduled substances; (e) "International Narcotics Control Board" means the Board established by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol; (f) "special licence" means a licence that is granted to a particular type of operator; (g) "special registration" means a registration that is made for a particular type of operator; (h) "user" means a natural or legal person other than an operator who possesses a scheduled substance and is engaged in the processing, formulation, consumption, storage, keeping, treatment, filling into containers, transfer from one container to another, mixing, transformation or any other utilisation of scheduled substances; (i) "natural product" means an organism or a part thereof, in any form, or any substances which occur in nature as defined in point 39 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council .Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1 ).
(a) granting the licence, including, where relevant, the categories of personal data to be provided; (b) granting registration, including where relevant the categories of personal data to be provided; (c) listing operators and users in the European database referred to in Article 13a, in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Article.
(a) the customer has been supplied by the operator with the substance on at least three occasions in the preceding 12 months; (b) the operator has no reason to suppose that the substance will be used for illicit purposes; (c) the quantities ordered are consistent with the usual consumption for that customer.
(a) the name of the scheduled substance as given in categories 1 and 2 of Annex I; (b) the quantity and weight of the scheduled substance and, where a mixture or natural product is concerned, the quantity and weight, if available, of the mixture or natural product as well as the quantity and weight, or the percentage by weight, of any substance or substances of categories 1 and 2 of Annex I which are contained in the mixture; (c) the name and address of the supplier, distributor, consignee, and, if possible, of other operators directly involved in the transaction, as referred to in Article 2(c) and (d).
(a) match the documentation in appearance and content when made readable, and (b) are readily available at all times, can be made readable without delay and can be analysed by automated means for the duration of the period specified in paragraph 5.
(a) information on how to recognise and notify suspect transactions; (b) a regularly updated list of non-scheduled substances to enable the industry to monitor on a voluntary basis the trade in such substances; (c) other information which may be deemed useful.
(a) to obtain information on any orders for scheduled substances or operations involving scheduled substances; (b) to enter operators’ and users’ business premises in order to obtain evidence of irregularities; (c) where necessary, to detain and seize consignments that fail to comply with this Regulation.
(a) to obtain information on any orders for non-scheduled substances or operations involving non-scheduled substances; (b) to enter business premises in order to obtain evidence of suspicious transactions involving non-scheduled substances; (c) where necessary, to detain and seize consignments to prevent the use of specific non-scheduled substances for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
(a) to facilitate the communication of information, where possible in an aggregated and anonymised manner, pursuant to Article 13(1), the synthesis and analysis of that information at the Union level, and the reporting to the International Narcotics Control Board pursuant to Article 13(3); (b) to create a European register of operators and users, which have been granted a licence or registration; (c) to enable operators to provide the competent authorities with information about their transactions in accordance with Article 8(2) in electronic form, as specified in implementing measures adopted pursuant to Article 14.
(a) rules on how to provide customer declarations referred to in Article 4 in electronic form, where appropriate; (b) rules on how to provide the information referred to in Article 8(2), including, where appropriate, in electronic form to a European database; (c) procedural rules for granting licences and registrations and for listing operators and users in the European database, as referred to in Article 3(2), (6) and (7).
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
1-phenyl-2-propanone | Phenylacetone | 103-79-7 | |
Diethyl (phenylacetyl) propanedioate (DEPAPD) | 20320-59-6 | ||
Methyl | 16648-44-5 | ||
Ethyl alpha-phenylacetoacetate (EAPA) | 5413-05-8 | ||
80532-66-7 | |||
25547-51-7 | |||
N-acetylanthranilic acid | 2-acetamidobenzoic acid | 89-52-1 | |
4433-77-6 | |||
4468-48-8 | |||
Isosafrol (cis + trans) | 120-58-1 | ||
3,4-methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-one | 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)propan-2-one | 4676-39-5 | |
Piperonal | 120-57-0 | ||
Safrole | 94-59-7 | ||
Ethyl 3-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyloxirane-2-carboxylate (PMK ethyl glycidate) | 28578-16-7 | ||
Methyl 3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyloxirane-2-carboxylate (PMK methyl glycidate) | 13605-48-6 | ||
Methyl 3-oxo-2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)butanoate (MAMDPA) | Methyl 3-oxo-2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)butanoate | 1369021-80-6 | |
3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyl-oxirane-2-carboxylic acid (PMK glycidic acid) | 2167189-50-4 | ||
IMDPAM | |||
N-phenyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-amine | 4-anilino-N- phenethylpiperidine (ANPP) | 21409-26-7 | |
1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-one | N-phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP) | 39742-60-4 | |
N-phenylpiperidin-4-amine (4-AP) | 23056-29-3 | ||
Tert-butyl 4-anilinopiperidine-1-carboxylate (1-boc-4-AP) | 125541-22-2 | ||
N-phenyl-N-(piperidin-4-yl)propanamide (norfentanyl) | 1609-66-1 | ||
Ephedrine | 299-42-3 | ||
Pseudoephedrine | 90-82-4 | ||
Norephedrine | 14838-15-4 | ||
Ergometrine | 60-79-7 | ||
Ergotamine | 113-15-5 | ||
Lysergic acid | 82-58-6 | ||
The stereoisomeric forms of the substances listed in this category not being cathine | |||
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible and not being the salts of cathine. | |||
(1R,2S)-(-)-chloroephedrine | 110925-64-9 | ||
(1S,2R)-(+)-chloroephedrine | 1384199-95-4 | ||
(1S,2S)-(+)-chloropseudoephedrine | 73393-61-0 | ||
(1R,2R)-(-)-chloropseudoephedrine | 771434-80-1 |
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
Red phosphorus | 7723-14-0 | ||
Acetic anhydride | 108-24-7 | ||
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible. |
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
Phenylacetic acid | 103-82-2 | ||
Anthranilic acid | 118-92-3 | ||
Piperidine | 110-89-4 | ||
Potassium permanganate | 7722-64-7 | ||
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible. |
Substance | CN code | CAS No | |
---|---|---|---|
Hydrochloric acid | Hydrogen chloride | 7647-01-0 | |
Sulphuric acid | 7664-93-9 | ||
Toluene | 108-88-3 | ||
Ethyl ether | Diethyl ether | 60-29-7 | |
Acetone | 67-64-1 | ||
Methylethylketone | Butanone | 78-93-3 | |
The salts of the substances listed in this category, whenever the existence of such salts is possible and not being the salts of hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid. |
Substance | Threshold |
---|---|
Acetic anhydride | 100 l |
Potassium permanganate | 100 kg |
Anthranilic acid and its salts | 1 kg |
Phenylacetic acid and its salts | 1 kg |
Piperidine and its salts | 0,5 kg |
Red phosphorus | 0,1 kg |