[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1313.12]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1313--IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF PRECURSORS AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1313.12  Requirement of authorization to import.

    (a) Each regulated person who imports a listed chemical that meets 
or exceeds the threshold quantities identified in Sec. 1310.04(f) or is 
a listed chemical for which no threshold has been established as 
identified in Sec. 1310.04(g) of this chapter, shall notify the 
Administrator of the importation not later than 15 days before the 
transaction is to take place.
    (b) A completed DEA Form 486 must be received at the following 
address not later than 15 days prior to the importation:

Drug Enforcement Administration, P.O. Box 28346, Washington, DC 20038.

    A copy of the completed DEA Form 486 may be transmitted directly to 
the Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Control Section, through 
electronic facsimile media not later than 15 days prior to the 
importation.
    (c) The 15-day advance notification requirement for listed chemical 
imports may be waived for:
    (1) Any regulated person who has satisfied the requirements for 
reporting to the Administration as a regular importer of such listed 
chemicals; or
    (2) A specific listed chemical, as set forth in paragraph (f) of 
this section, for which the Administrator determines that advance 
notification is not necessary for effective chemical diversion control.
    (d) For imports where advance notification is waived pursuant to 
paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the DEA Form 486 must be received by 
the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chemical Operations Section, on or 
before the date of importation through use of the mailing address listed 
in Sec. 1313.12(b) or through use of electronic facsimile media.
    (e) For importations where advance notification is waived pursuant 
to paragraph (c)(2) of this section no DEA Form 486 is required, 
however, the regulated person shall submit quarterly reports to the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Chemical Operations Section, P.O. Box 28346, 
Washington, DC 20038, by no later than the 15th day of the month 
following the end of each

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quarter. The report shall contain the following information regarding 
each individual importation:
    (1) The name of the listed chemical;
    (2) The quantity and date imported;
    (3) The name and full business address of the supplier;
    (4) The foreign port of embarkation; and
    (5) The port of entry.
    (f) The 15 day advance notification requirement set forth in 
paragraph (a) has been waived for imports of the following listed 
chemicals:
    (1) [Reserved]

[54 FR 31665, Aug. 1, 1989, as amended at 59 FR 51367, Oct. 11, 1994; 60 
FR 32464, June 22, 1995]