The Precursors Monitoring Act (GÜG; Federal Law Gazette 2008 I p. 306) A new Precursors Monitoring Act took effect in Germany in March 2008. The new regulation became necessary when the EU drug precursor regulation was fundamentally re-structured and modified in 2005 and also the EU internal trade became directly governed by EU legislation. Against the background of three directly effective EC Regulations, the new Act is merely of complementary importance for administrative control and monitoring. It governs the national competences, control and monitoring measures of the national competent authorities as well as the operators’ obligations to co-operate. Further, it contains the adjusted fines and sanctions. Like the overridden Precursors Monitoring Act of 1994 it seeks to prevent or pursue improper diversion and misuse of drug precursors for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
Further explanation for better understanding of the new legislation is available in German (Größe: 169.15 KB).
