[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1303.11]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1303--QUOTAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1303.11  Aggregate production quotas.

    (a) The Administrator shall determine the total quantity of each 
basic class of controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II necessary 
to be manufactured during the following calendar year to provide for the 
estimated medical, scientific, research and industrial needs of the 
United States, for lawful export requirements, and for the establishment 
and maintenance of reserve stocks.
    (b) In making his determinations, the Administrator shall consider 
the following factors:
    (1) Total net disposal of the class by all manufacturers during the 
current and 2 preceding years;
    (2) Trends in the national rate of net disposal of the class;
    (3) Total actual (or estimated) inventories of the class and of all 
substances manufactured from the class, and trends in inventory 
accumulation;
    (4) Projected demand for such class as indicated by procurement 
quotas requested pursuant to Sec. 1303.12; and
    (5) Other factors affecting medical, scientific, research, and 
industrial needs in the United States and lawful export requirements, as 
the Administrator finds relevant, including changes in the currently 
accepted medical use in treatment with the class or the substances which 
are manufactured from it, the economic and physical availability of raw 
materials for use in manufacturing and for inventory purposes, yield and 
stability problems, potential disruptions to production (including 
possible labor strikes), and recent unforeseen emergencies such as 
floods and fires.
    (c) The Administrator shall, on or before May 1 of each year, 
publish in the Federal Register, general notice of an aggregate 
production quota for any basic class determined by him under this 
section. A copy of said notice shall be mailed simultaneously to each 
person registered as a bulk manufacturer of the basic class. The 
Administrator shall permit any interested person to file written 
comments on or objections to the proposal and shall designate in the 
notice the time during which such filings may be made. The Administrator 
may, but shall not be required to, hold a public hearing on one or more 
issues raised by the comments and objections filed with him. In the 
event the Administrator decides to hold such a hearing, he shall publish 
notice of the hearing in the Federal Register, which notice shall 
summarize the issues to be heard and shall set the time for the hearing 
which shall nnt be less than 30 days after the date of publication of 
the notice. After consideration of any comments or objections, or after 
a hearing if one is ordered by the Administrator, the Administrator 
shall issue and publish in the Federal Register his final order 
determining the aggregate production quota for the basic class of 
controlled substance. The order shall include the findings of fact and 
conclusions of law upon which the order is based. The order shall 
specify the date on which it shall take effect. A copy of said order 
shall be mailed simultaneously to each person registered as a bulk 
manufacturer of the basic class.

[36 FR 7786, Apr. 24, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 15919, Aug. 8, 1972. 
Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973]