The EU sets its position on which substances to include in international narcotic and psychotropic lists
13 Mar 2026
Effective: 05 Mar 2026
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Who is affected:
Pharmaceutical and chemical industries and health and drug control authorities
Summary
The EU Council establishes the European stance for the UN meeting that decides which substances fall under international control as narcotics or psychotropics.
Detailed analysis
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The EU Council adopts the official position that its representatives will defend at the 69th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This commission decides which substances are included in the lists of the 1961 Single Convention and the 1971 Convention, frameworks that require States to control, restrict and s…
Full official title
CELEX:32026D0575: Decisión (UE) 2026/575 del Consejo, de 5 de marzo de 2026, sobre la posición que debe adoptarse, en nombre de la Unión Europea, en el sexagésimo noveno período de sesiones de la Comisión de Estupefacientes sobre la inclusión de sustancias en las listas elaboradas en el marco de la Convención Única de 1961 sobre Estupefacientes, enmendada por el Protocolo de 1972, y el Convenio sobre Sustancias Sicotrópicas de 1971