Commission Directive 2001/8/EC of 8 February 2001 replacing Annex I to 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

Commission Directive 2001/8/EC
of 8 February 2001
replacing Annex I to 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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 amended by Commission Directive 93/46/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is necessary to give effect to the decision taken by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2000 to include the substance norephedrine in Table I of the Annex to the 1988 UN Convention.
(2) It is necessary to amend Category 1 of the Annex I to the basic Directive to comply with this.
(3) Such inclusion will continue the process of aligning the Directive 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(3), as implemented and last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3769/92(4).
(4) 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,