Commission Regulation (EC) No 297/2009 of 8 April 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on drug precursors and for Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors
Date: 2009-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, drug traffic, export monitoring, psychotropic substance, surveillance concerning imports, third country








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9.4.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 95/13








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 297/2009
of 8 April 2009
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on drug precursors and for Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 of 22 December 2004 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors (1), and in particular Article 11(1) and the third subparagraph of Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 (2) determines third countries of destination requiring specific monitoring measures upon export of drug precursors from the Community. Annex IV to that Regulation lists for each of the scheduled substances of categories 2 and 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 111/2005, the countries for which a pre-export notification is required. The lists involve third countries which have requested to receive pre-export notifications in accordance with Article 12(10) of the United Nations Convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances of 1988.












(2)


Romania is listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005. Since Romania has become a Member State, it is necessary to remove it from the lists.












(3)


Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 does not list all third countries which have requested to receive pre-export notifications since the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005. Since 2005, Canada, Maldives, Oman and the Republic of Korea have made such requests and should therefore be added.












(4)


Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/2005,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1277/2005 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2009.


For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 22, 26.1.2005, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 202, 3.8.2005, p. 7.




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX IV

1.   
List of countries referred to in Article 20 for which a pre-export notification is required for exports of scheduled substances of category 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 111/2005







Substance


Destination





Acetic anhydride


Potassium permanganate



Any third country





Anthranilic acid



Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ethiopia
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Madagascar


Malaysia
Maldives
Mexico
Nigeria
Oman
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Tajikistan
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania
Venezuela





Phenylacetic acid


Piperidine



Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ethiopia
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Madagascar


Malaysia
Maldives
Mexico
Nigeria
Oman
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Tajikistan
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Venezuela






2.   
List of countries referred to in Articles 20 and 22 for which a pre-export notification and an export authorisation is required for exports of scheduled substances of category 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 111/2005







Substance


Destination





Methylethyl ketone (MEK)
 (1)


Toluene
 (1)


Acetone
 (1)


Ethyl ether
 (1)



Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Jordan
Kazakhstan


Lebanon
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mexico
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Moldova
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Tajikistan
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania
Uruguay
Venezuela





Hydrochloric acid


Sulphuric acid



Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador


Peru
Turkey
Venezuela










(1)  This includes the salts of these substances whenever the existence of such salts is possible.’