. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SWE/79 
12 February 2007 
 (07-0576) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health and Social Affairs 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade) 
Box 6803 
S-113 86 Stockholm 
Telephone: (+46) 8 690 48 00 
Fax:  (+46) 8 30 67 59 
E-mail :  registrator@kommers.se 
Website: www.kommers.se 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Products harmful to 
health, 2C-T-4 (2,5-dimethoxy-4-isopropy lthiophenethylamine) and Bromo-Dragonfly. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Order amending the 
Order (1999:58) banning certain products that are harmful to health (16 pages, in Swedish). 
6. Description of content:   Sweden intends to classify the substances 2,5-dimethoxy-4-
isopropylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-4) and br omo-benzodifuranyl-isopropylamine (Bromo-
Dragonfly), which are hallucinogenic and which stimulate the central nervous system, as 
products harmful to health under the Act ( 1999:42) banning certain substances that are 
harmful to health.  This will result, inter alia , in it being impermissible to import or possess 
the substances without a special licence issu ed by the Medical Products Agency. Such a 
licence may be granted for scientific or industrial purposes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   In 
view of the risk to human life or health associ ated with the use of the products to achieve 
intoxication or other effects, the purpose of th e classification is to restrict the use of 2,5-
Dimethoxy-4-isopropylthiophenethylamin e (2C-T-4) and bromo-benzodifuranyl-
isopropylamine (Bromo-Dragonfly)to scientific or industrial purposes. 
Neither of the substances is found in either  the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 
or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances,  1971.  Both are monitored by the EU in 
accordance with Council Decision 2005/387/JHA of 10 May 2005. G/TBT/N/SWE/79 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Order (1999:58) Banning Certain Products that are Harmful to 
Health,  and Act (1999:42) Banning Certain Products that are Harmful to Health 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    April 2007 
1 May 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   24 April 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade) 
Box 6803 S-113 86 Stockholm 
Telephone: (+46) 8 690 48 00 
Fax:  (+46) 8 30 67 59 E-mail
:   registrator@kommers.se 
Web-site: www.kommers.se