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ARTICLE-2: SUBSTANCES UNDER CONTROL     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The drugs in Schedule II are subject to the same measures of control as drugs in Schedule I with the exception of the measures prescribed in article 30, paragraphs 2 and 5, in respect of the retail trade. ...
... (b) A Party shall, if in its opinion the prevailing conditions in its country render it the most appropriate means of protecting the public health and welfare, prohibit the production, manufacture, export and import of, trade in, possession or use of any such drug except for amounts which may be necessary for medical and scientific research only, including clinical trials therewith to be conducted under or subject to the direct supervision and control of the Party. ...


ARTICLE-4: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) Subject to the provisions of this Convention, to limit exclusively to medical and scientific purposes the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution of, trade in, use and possession of drugs. ...


ARTICLE-24: LIMITATION ON PRODUCTION OF OPIUM FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE     [go to this ARTICLE]
... LIMITATION ON PRODUCTION OF OPIUM FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE ...


ARTICLE-27: ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COCA LEAVES     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Parties may permit the use of coca leaves for the preparation of a flavouring agent, which shall not contain any alkaloids, and, to the extent necessary for such use, may permit the production, import, export, trade in and possession of such leaves. ...


ARTICLE-30: TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION ...
... (a) The Parties shall require that the trade in and distribution of drugs be under licence except where such trade or distribution is carried out by a State enterprise or State enterprises. ...
... (a) The Parties shall require that the trade in and distribution of drugs be under licence except where such trade or distribution is carried out by a State enterprise or State enterprises. ...
... (i) Control all persons and enterprises carrying on or engaged in the trade in or distribution of drugs; ...
... (ii) Control under licence the establishments and premises in which such trade or distribution may take place. The requirement of licensing need not apply to preparations. ...
... (a) Prevent the accumulation in the possession of traders, distributors, State enterprises or duly authorized persons referred to above, of quantities of drugs and poppy straw in excess of those required for the normal conduct of business, having regard to the prevailing market conditions; and ...
... 6. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 5 need not apply to the retail trade in or retail distribution of drugs in Schedule II. ...


ARTICLE-31: SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE     [go to this ARTICLE]
... SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE ...


ARTICLE-34: MEASURES OF SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) That governmental authorities, manufacturers, traders, scientists, scientific institutions and hospitals keep such records as will show the quantities of each drug manufactured and of each individual acquisition and disposal of drugs. Such records shall respectively be preserved for a period of not less than two years. Where counterfoil books (article 30, paragraph 2 (b)) of official prescriptions are used, such books including the counterfoils shall also be kept for a period of not less than two years. ...


ARTICLE-44: TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Agreement concerning the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in and Use of Prepared Opium, signed at Geneva on 11 February 1925; ...
... (i) Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and Use of Opium, signed at New York on 23 June 1953, should that Protocol have come into force. ...


ARTICLE-49: TRANSITIONAL RESERVATIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) The production and manufacture of and trade in the drugs referred to under (a) to (d) for the purposes mentioned therein. ...
... (g) The production and manufacture of and trade in the drugs referred to in paragraph 1 for any of the uses mentioned therein must be reduced and finally abolished simultaneously with the reduction and abolition of such uses. ...
... (a) Include in the annual report to be furnished to the Secretary-General, in accordance with article 18, paragraph 1 (a), an account of the progress made in the preceding year towards the abolition of the use, production, manufacture or trade referred to under paragraph 1; and ...