Proposal for a Council Decision on subjecting the new psychoactive substance 1-phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidin-1-yl) pentan-1-one (α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone, α-PVP) to control measures

Council Decision 2005/387/JHA on the information exchange, risk-assessment and control of new psychoactive substances provides for a three-step procedure that may lead to the submission of a new psychoactive substance to control measures across the Union.

On 3 August 2015, a joint report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addition (EMCDDA) and Europol was issued. On 15 September 2015, following the request made by the Commission and seventeen Member States, the Council requested an assessment of the risks caused by the use, manufacture and trafficking of the new psychoactive substance α-PVP, the involvement of organised crime and the possible consequences of control measures introduced on this substance. The risks of α-PVP were assessed by the Scientific Committee of the EMCDDA. The Chair of the Scientific Committee submitted the risk assessment report to the Commission and to the Council on 27 November 2015.

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA, within six weeks from the date of receipt of the risk assessment report, the Commission shall present to the Council either an initiative to subject the new psychoactive substances to control measures across the Union, or a report explaining its views on why such an initiative is not deemed necessary.

Based on the findings of the risk assessment report the Commission considers that there are grounds for subjecting this substance to control measures across the Union. According to the risk assessment report, the acute toxicity of α-PVP is such that it can cause severe harm to the health of individuals.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2015)674: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:674:FIN

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