Proposal for a Council Decision on subjecting 4-methyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-amine (4,4′-DMAR) and 1-cyclohexyl-4-(1,2-diphenylethyl)piperazine (MT-45) to control measures

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

On 20 June 2014, pursuant to Article 6(1) of the Council Decision, the Council requested an assessment of the risks posed by the use, manufacture and trafficking of the new psychoactive substance 4-methyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-amine (also known as 4,4'-DMAR or 4,4'-dimethylaminorex), the involvement of organised crime and the possible consequences of control measures introduced on this substance.

The risks of 4,4'-DMAR were assessed by the Scientific Committee of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), acting in compliance with the provisions of Article 6(2), (3) and (4) of the Council Decision. The Chair of the Scientific Committee submitted the risk assessment report to the Commission and to the Council on 19 September 2014.

Although the scientific evidence concerning the overall risks posed by the two substances is limited at this stage, the Commission considers that there are grounds for subjecting 4,4'-DMAR and MT-45 to control measures across the Union. The main reason is that, according to the information available from the risk assessment reports, the toxicity of these substances is such that it can cause severe harms to the health of individuals. Moreover, the risks are heightened by the fact that these substances have been reported, in some cases, to be consumed unknowingly by certain users together with or instead of other psychoactive substances.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2014)716: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:716:FIN

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