QuestionsQuestions (DDB BOARD REGULATION NO. 3, S. 1996)
It referenced the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Trafficking on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, ratified by the Philippine Senate on February 26, 1996.
It prescribes control measures for precursors and essential chemicals included in Tables I and II and an Annex to the Convention, as enumerated in the regulation.
The regulation covers the salts of the listed substances whenever the existence of such salts is possible, stated in Sections 1 and 2.
Examples include: Ephedrine, Ergometrine, Ergotamine, Isosafrole, Lysergic Acid, 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone, 1-phenyl-2-propanone, Pseudoephedrine, Safrole, N-acetylanthranillic acid, and Piperonal.
Examples include: Acetic anhydride, Acetone, Ethyl ether, Hydrochloric acid, Methyl ethyl ketone, Phenylacetic acid, Piperidine, Potassium permanganate, Sulphuric acid, and Toluene.
Importers/distributors and/or wholesalers.
They must register with the Control, Regulation and Intelligence Division of the Dangerous Drugs Board.
For S-5-1 License: P360.00; for S-4 License: P180.00.
They must accomplish a Special Permit (DDB Form No. 9-72) to be submitted to the Board before importation.
They must submit quarterly reports relative to the distribution, disposition, or usage of the controlled items imported.
They must submit to the Board a forecast estimate of the item(s) to be imported during the following year.
It must state: (a) date of importation, (b) quantity imported, (c) those already received, and (d) those not yet received.
Premises are subject to inspection by DDB Drug Regulation Officers and by deputized agents of the Board.
They must secure clearance from the Board, stated in Section 3.1.8.
All Board regulations inconsistent with this regulation are deemed modified or amended.
Violation is penalized with administrative sanctions, without prejudice to criminal sanctions if warranted.
It takes effect fifteen days after completion of its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.