1999/615/JHA: Council Decision of 13 September 1999 defining 4-MTA as a new synthetic drug which is to be made subject to control measures and criminal penalties
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Member States shall take the necessary measures, in accordance with their national law, to submit 4-MTA (P-Methylthioamphetamine or 4-Methylthioamphetamine) to control measures and criminal penalties, as provided for under their legislation complying with their obligations under the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances with respect to substances listed in Schedules I or II thereto.
Member States shall, in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Joint Action 97/396/JHA, take the measures referred to in Article 1 within three months of the date on which this Decision takes effect.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal. It shall take effect on the day following that of its piblication. Done at Brussels, 13 September 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 167, 25.6.1997, p. 1.
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