Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted in the sixtieth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the addition to the list of substances in Table I of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) regularly amends the list of substances that are annexed to the United Nations (UN) Convention on Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 (the 1988 UN Convention) on the basis of recommendations of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). The CND is a commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and its functions and powers are inter alia set out in the 1988 UN Convention. It is made up of 53 UN Member States elected by ECOSOC. 12 EU Member States are currently members of the CND with the right to vote. The Union has observer status in the CND.

The INCB recommended on 1 February 2017 to add two substances, namely 4-anilino-N-phenethylpiperidine (ANPP) and N-phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP), to Table I of the 1988 UN Convention. Changes to the Tables of the 1988 UN Convention have direct repercussions for the scope of application of Union law in the area of drug precursor control as substances added to the Tables need to be incorporated into Union law. The Commission has been empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to ensure this.

It is necessary that Member States prepare for the meeting of the CND when it is called to decide on the scheduling of substances by reaching a common position in the Council. Such position should be expressed by the Member States that are currently members of the CND, acting jointly in the interest of the Union within the CND - the Union, which only has observer status, does not vote. To this end, the Commission is proposing a position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union, in the sixtieth session of the CND taking place in Vienna from 13 to 17 March 2017, on the scheduling of substances under the 1988 UN Convention.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)119: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:119:FIN

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