Proposal for a Council Decision on subjecting 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole to control measures

The 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 22 January 2013, the Council requested an assessment of the risks caused by the use, manufacture and trafficking of the new psychoactive substance 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole, the involvement of organised crime and the possible consequences of control measures introduced on this substance.

The risks of 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole were assessed by the Scientific Committee of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The Chair of the Scientific Committee submitted the risk assessment report to the Commission and to the Council on 16 April 2013.

Although the scientific evidence concerning the overall risks of 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole is limited at this stage, the Commission considers that there are grounds for subjecting the substance to control measures across the Union. The main reason is that, according to the information available from the risk assessment report, the acute toxicity of 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole is such that it can cause severe harm to the health of individuals. Moreover, the risks are heightened by the fact that 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole has been reported to be consumed unknowingly by some users together with or instead of other stimulant substances.

The objective of this proposal for a Council Decision is to call upon the Member States to subject 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole to control measures and criminal penalties as provided under their legislation by virtue of their obligations under the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)436: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:436:FIN

ESO: Background information: European Commission calls for EU wide ban on synthetic '5-IT' drug http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-international-day-against-drug-abuse-illicit-trafficking-european-commission-calls-for-eu-wide-ban-on-synthetic-5-it-drug/

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