Article 10 / Powers and obligations of competent authorities
In order to ensure the correct application of Articles 3 to 8, each Member State shall adopt the measures necessary to enable its competent authorities to perform their control and monitoring duties, and in particular:
to obtain information on any orders for scheduled substances or operations involving scheduled substances;
to enter operators’ and users’ business premises in order to obtain evidence of irregularities;
where necessary, to detain and seize consignments that fail to comply with this Regulation.
Each Member State may adopt the measures necessary to enable its competent authorities to control and monitor suspicious transactions involving non-scheduled substances, and in particular:
to obtain information on any orders for non-scheduled substances or operations involving non-scheduled substances;
to enter business premises in order to obtain evidence of suspicious transactions involving non-scheduled substances;
where necessary, to detain and seize consignments to prevent the use of specific non-scheduled substances for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.