Submitting reports on traffic in narcotics (in accordance with Section 18 BtMG)
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzIf you have a permit to participate in the legal narcotics trade, you must report the volume of your narcotics traffic to the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) twice a year. In the notification, you must, among other things, report separately for each business premises and each narcotic the respective quantity that was
- was manufactured, imported or exported, purchased or dispensed,
- was destroyed,
- was used for other purposes or
- was available as stock at the end of the respective calendar half-year.
If you only cultivate narcotics, you only have to report once a year. To do this, you must report the respective quantity that you have obtained per cultivation area separately for each operating site and each narcotic.
You are obliged to report as long as your permit is valid or was valid in the respective reporting period. Even if you have not participated in the narcotics trade despite having a valid permit and have no stocks, you must report this in a so-called false report.
If your permit expires or you renounce it, you must submit a final notification.
If a notification was incorrect, you can submit a correction notification to correct your details.