Law on the Legal Trade of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances and Medicinal Products, and also Precursors (1996)

The purpose of this Law is to prescribe the procedures for the legal trade of narcotic and psychotropic substances and medicinal products, and also precursors, and to prevent such substances, medicinal products and precursors from being introduced in illicit trade, and also to lay down liability for violations of this Law. Among others, the Law provides that the substances and medicinal products included in Schedules II and III shall be administered to animals by a practising veterinarian or a veterinarian, a veterinary paramedic or veterinarian’s assistant under his or her supervision. For the violation of the requirements for writing out or storing a prescription by which the substances and medicinal products for use in animals included in Schedules II and III are issued, a fine from seven to seventy units of fine shall be imposed on a natural person, but a fine from ten to one hundred units of fine – on a legal person. In respect of substances and medicinal products included in Schedules II and III, the same conditions shall apply as are prescribed for substances and medicinal products used in medicine and veterinary medicine, to the extent they are not in contradiction to this Law.