DEA Delays Effective Date of Electronic Import and Export Filing Requirements, End of ACE Pilot

The Drug Enforcement Administration is delaying until March 21 the effective date of its recent final rule on electronic filing of permit applications, import and export declarations, and other required filings and reports for the importation and exportation of controlled substances, listed chemicals, and tableting and encapsulating machines, it said (here). The effective date of the final rule, which was originally set to take effect Jan. 30 (see 1612290015), is being delayed to comply with a recent presidential memorandum (see 1701230031). DEA’s ACE pilot will end on the effective date of the final rule on electronic filing, so the delay means the end of the pilot is also postponed.