Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/369 of 13 December 2018 amending the Annex to Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA as regards the inclusion of new psychoactive substances in the definition of ‘drug’

• CELEX: Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/369
• Articles: 4

Article 1 Amendment to Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA

The following is added to the list in the Annex to Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA:

‘13.

N -phenyl- N -[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]furan-2-carboxamide (furanylfentanyl), as referred to in Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2170  ( *1 ) .

14.

N -(1-amino-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1 H -indazole-3-carboxamide (ADB-CHMINACA), as referred to in Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/747  ( *2 ) .

15.

1-(4-cyanobutyl)- N -(2-phenylpropan-2-yl)-1 H -indazole-3-carboxamide (CUMYL-4CN-BINACA), as referred to in Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/748  ( *3 ) .

16.

N -phenyl- N -[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]cyclopropanecarboxamide (cyclopropylfentanyl) and 2-methoxy- N -phenyl- N -[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]acetamide (methoxyacetylfentanyl), as referred to in Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1463  ( *4 ) .

Article 2 Transposition

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 7 September 2019 at the latest. However, they shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with point 16 of the Annex to Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA referred to in Article 1 of this Directive by 29 September 2019. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3 Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.