1. Operators established in the Community shall notify the competent authorities immediately of any circumstances, such as unusual orders and transactions involving scheduled substances, which suggest that such substances intended for import, export or intermediary activities might be diverted for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.
2. Operators shall provide the competent authorities with information in summary form about their export, import or intermediary activities. The committee procedure shall be used to determine the information that is required by the competent authorities in order to allow them to monitor these activities.
1. In order to facilitate cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States, operators established in the Community and the chemical industry, in particular as regards non-scheduled substances, the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States, draw up and update guidelines.
2. These guidelines shall provide, in particular:
(a)
information on how to identify 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.
3. The competent authorities shall ensure that the guidelines are regularly disseminated in accordance with the objectives of these guidelines.
