G/TBT/N/EU/369  
 
10 March 2016  
(16-1409)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu   
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Chemical substances 
classified as drug precursors 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Commission 
Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of 
certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances (6 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Delegated Regulationis adding 
chloroephedrine and chloropseudoephedrine to Category 1 of the list of scheduled 
substances in Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 (the strictest category: economic operators who intend to possess and place on the market 
those substances need a licence from national authorities)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: It has been demonstrated that chloroephedrine and chloropseudoephedrine 
have been used on several occasions on the territory of the European Union as precursors for the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine (also known as 'crystal meth'). More than 
3 tonnes of chloroephedrine and chloropseudoephedrine were seized in EU Member States 
(enough to produce methamphetamine with a market value of close to 200 million €). It is known that these substances are also increasingly being used in certain third countries to produce methamphetamine. Therefore, it is  necessary to submit the trade in these 
substances to strict obligatory monitoring.  G/TBT/N/EU/369 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Article 12 of the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and 
Psychotropic Substances of 19.12.1988 
 Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European  Parliament and of the Council on drug 
precursors: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1426599749158&uri=CELEX:32004R0273  
 Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade 
between the Union and third countries in drug precursors: http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1426599802066&uri=CELEX:32005R0111  
9. Proposed date of adoption: End of May 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: End of June 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu   
The text is available on the Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/   
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