Commission Directive 93/46/EEC of 22 June 1993 replacing and modifying the Annexes 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 93/46/EEC of 22 June 1993 replacing and modifying the Annexes 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 Economic 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), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to give effect to the decision taken by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in April 1992 to include the substances sagfrole, piperonal and isosafrole in Table I of the Annex to the 1988 UN Convention by transferring the said substances from category 2 to category 1 in Annex I of the Directive, and by removing them from Annex II;
Whereas such transfer will align the Directive with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90 (2) of 13 December 1990 laying down measures to discourage the diversion of certain substances to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 900/92 (3), and implemented and amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3769/92 (4),