The main activities of the Department of Drug precursors include issuing decisions on the treatment of drug precursors (licences, special licences and registrations) in accordance with EU regulations in the matter of drug precursors, keep records of issued decisions, keep records of purchase and supply of OTC drugs, mainly containing pseudoephedrine, to public pharmacies, make offers to impose fines for breaches of the applicable legislation in cooperation with the competent state administration bodies – Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic / Customs Administration and the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.
