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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 6,1996 PSA#1545BELGIUM: REGULATE CERTAIN PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES The following
notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
G/TBT/Notif. 96.28. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: BELGIUM. If
applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Public Health, Pharmaceutical
Inspectorate, Quartier Vesale, 1010 Brussels. 3. Notified under Article
2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise
national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable): Substances listed in Schedules I to IV inclusive of the
1971 Vienna Convention on Psychotropic Substances; addition of
substances from Schedule IV in comparison with the preceding decree
dated 1988-12-02. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified
document: Draft Royal Decree to Regulate Certain Psychotropic
Substances. 6. Description of content: The Belgian schedules have been
fully brought into line with the schedules of the 1971 Convention. The
draft Royal Decree is also aimed at making substances in Schedule IV of
the above-mentioned Convention subject to controls (system of export
and import authorizations). 7. Objective and rationale: The
International Narcotics Control Board and the United Nations Commission
on Narcotic Drugs have already, on several occasions, urged the parties
to the Convention to take all necessary measures to subject all
substances governed by the Convention to control, in particular by
extending the application of the existing import and export
authorization system under Schedule II of the Convention to
international trade with respect to substances listed in Schedules III
and IV. Belgium, for its part, has had regulations on certain
psychotropic substances since 1946. The provisions of the Royal Decree
dated 1988-12-02, designed to regulate certain psychotropic
substances, remain applicable for the time being. Belgium applies all
the measures relating to substances in Schedule III and subjects them
to the import and export authorization system as required. Since that
date, our country have experienced virtually no smuggling problems in
relation to Schedule III substances, which is evidence of the
effectiveness of the measures adopted. The new draft Royal Decree makes
substances in Schedule IV of the Convention subject to the same
familiar system of import and export authorizations. 8. Relevant
documents: United Nations Convention of 1971 on Psychotropic
Substances. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: 60 days.
10. Final date for comments: N/A. 11. Texts available from: National
enquiry point (X) or address and telefax number of other body:
CIBELNOR. (064) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0441 19960305\FO-0003)
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