Business & Commerce

#96-1061Decree No. 96-1061 on the Control of Manufacturing and Trade of Substances for Illicit Drug Production

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree regulates the production and trade of substances that could be misused to make illicit drugs. Companies involved in these activities need to apply for an approval from the Minister of Industry. The law affects manufacturers, importers, exporters, and traders dealing with certain chemicals, requiring them to submit detailed information and comply with stringent control measures.

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Key Changes

  • Establishes a mandatory approval process for handling certain substances
  • Sets strict documentation and control requirements for substances
  • Defines specific roles and duties for industry regulators

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Submit approval application to Minister of Industry with detailed dossier including: substance designations (Category 1), operation types, facility locations, estimated quantities needed, and evidence of applicant's integrity, technical capacity, and financial capability

Manufacturers, importers, exporters, and traders of precursor chemicals for illicit drug production
disclosure
high

Obtain ministerial approval before conducting manufacturing, transformation, acquisition, storage, brokerage, supply, importation, exportation, or transit operations on listed substances

All entities conducting operations on Category 1 and Category 2 substances
licensing
high

Retain all operational documents for three years from the end of the calendar year in which the operation was conducted and present them upon request by authorized control agents

All approval holders conducting regulated operations
operational
medium

Mark all substances for third-party provision (paid or free), importation, exportation, or transit with their denomination and combined nomenclature number as specified in the decree annex

Manufacturers, importers, exporters, and traders providing substances to third parties
operational
medium

Respond to Minister's information requests within one month for global information or eight days for information regarding specific orders or operations

All approval holders conducting regulated operations
reporting

Affected Parties

ManufacturersImporters+2 more…

Tags

substance control,drug production,chemical regulation