Commission Directive 2003/101/EC of 3 November 2003 amending Council Directive 92/109/EEC on the manufacture and placing on the market of certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Directive 2003/101/EC
of 3 November 2003
amending Council Directive 92/109/EEC on the manufacture and placing on the market of certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/109/EEC of 14 December 1992 on the manufacture and placing on the market of certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/8/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) With regard to the Community's obligations pursuant to Council Decision 90/611/EEC concerning conclusion, on behalf of the European Economic Community, of the United Nations Convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances(3), it is necessary to give effect to the decision taken by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2001 to add acetic anhydride and potassium permanganate to table 1 of the Annex to the 1988 United Nations Convention.
(2) It is also appropriate to bring Directive 92/109/EEC in line with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90 of 13 December 1990 laying down measures to discourage the diversion of certain substances to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances(4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/2002(5).
(3) Potassium permanganate should be included among the substances listed in Category 2 of Annex I to Directive 92/109/EEC and deleted from Category 3 in that Annex.
(4) In order to ensure that Community trade is not adversely affected, thresholds should be fixed for potassium permanganate as well as for acetic anhydride.
(5) Directive 92/109/EEC should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90,