Pre-Export Notification (PEN) Online Light
|
In 2022 INCB responded to the increasing use of designer precursors and other non-scheduled chemicals in illicit drug manufacturing with the development of a new tool, PEN Online Light. |
PEN Online Light allows countries to exchange, on a voluntary basis, pre-export notifications for substitute and alternative chemicals that are not controlled in Table I and Table II of the 1988 Convention but are known to be used in the illicit manufacture of drugs. Most of these chemicals are included in the INCB's Limited International Special Surveillance List (ISSL).
PEN Online Light uses the same technology as PEN Online, an INCB tool launched in March 2006.
What are the similarities and differences between PEN Online and PEN Online Light?
While Pen Online allows Governments to comply with the controls set for in article 12 of the 1988 Convention, PEN Online Light allows them to voluntarily monitor additional chemicals that are not on Table I and Table II of the Convention (so-called "non-scheduled chemicals").
How has PEN Online Light helped to prevent illicit manufacture of drugs?
PEN Online Light enhances the ability of exporting and importing authorities to monitor chemical shipments that fall outside traditional regulatory frameworks but are still of concern. Every 12 th pre-export notification is already objected to by importing Governments via the system. Similar to PEN Online, the streamlined process of sending and receiving pre-export notifications via the PEN Online Light system enables Governments to rapidly identify suspicious orders and to notify the exporting party of such before these shipments reach illicit drug manufacturers.
PEN Online Light in numbers
Related resources
- Log in to PEN Online Light
- Brochure in six languages
- User manual (password protected - Precursors - CNA Projects secure area)
- PEN Online
Related News
- INCB Learning concludes regional technical seminar and workshop aimed at improving the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes (31 January 2025)