Self-regulation as a diversion-control tool

Controlled substances used legitimately in medicine can be diverted into illicit channels at the point of export, and a regulator cannot inspect every consignment. A Voluntary Code of Conduct shifts part of the burden to the industry itself: exporters run Know Your Customer checks on buyers, flag suspicious orders, and route queries through a named Contact Person. Because the Code is recommended rather than mandatory, it adds no statutory or financial obligation on top of existing law — which is what keeps it consistent with the National Roadmap for Ease of Doing Business, the policy framework for cutting procedural bottlenecks in trade and regulation. The regulator gains early warning; the exporter avoids a new compliance layer.