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Risk assessment of new psychoactive substances: operating guidelinesproducts for human and veterinary use and establishing a EuropeanMedicines Agency [ 22 ];(e)(f)(g)‘United Nations system’ means the World Health Organisation (WHO),the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and/or the Economic and SocialCommittee acting in accordance with their respective responsibilities asdescribed in Article 3 of the 1961 United Nations Single Convention onNarcotic Drugs or in Article 2 of the 1971 United Nations Convention onPsychotropic Substances;‘preparation’ means a mixture containing a new psychoactive substance;‘Reporting Form’ means a structured form for notification of a newpsychoactive substance and/or of a preparation containing a newpsychoactive substance agreed between the EMCDDA/Europol and theirrespective networks in the Member States’ Reitox and the Europol NationalUnits.Article 4Exchange of information1. Each Member State shall ensure that its Europol National Unit and itsrepresentative in the Reitox network provide information on the manufacture,traffic and use, including supplementary information on possible medicaluse, of new psychoactive substances and of preparations containing newpsychoactive substances, to Europol and the EMCDDA, taking into accountthe respective mandates of these two bodies.Europol and the EMCDDA shall collect the information received fromMember States through a Reporting Form and communicate this informationimmediately to each other and to the Europol National Units and therepresentatives of the Reitox network of the Member States, the Commission,and to the EMEA.2. Should Europol and the EMCDDA consider that the information providedby a Member State on a new psychoactive substance does not merit the( 22 ) OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.80
Article 5communication of information as described in paragraph 1, they shall informthe notifying Member State immediately thereof. Europol and the EMCDDAshall justify their decision to the Council within six weeks.Joint Report1. Where Europol and the EMCDDA, or the Council, acting by a majority of itsmembers, consider that the information provided by the Member State on anew psychoactive substance merits the collection of further information, thisinformation shall be collated and presented by Europol and the EMCDDAin the form of a Joint Report (hereinafter the ‘Joint Report’). The Joint Reportshall be submitted to the Council, the EMEA and the Commission.2. The Joint Report shall contain:(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)a chemical and physical description, including the name under which the newpsychoactive substance is known, including, if available, the scientific name(International Non-proprietary Name);information on the frequency, circumstances and/or quantities in which a newpsychoactive substance is encountered, and information on the means andmethods of manufacture of the new psychoactive substance;information on the involvement of organised crime in the manufacture ortrafficking of the new psychoactive substance;a first indication of the risks associated with the new psychoactive substance,including the health and social risks, and the characteristics of users;information on whether or not the new substance is currently underassessment, or has been under assessment, by the UN system;the date of notification on the Reporting Form of the new psychoactivesubstance to the EMCDDA or to Europol;information on whether or not the new psychoactive substance is alreadysubject to control measures at national level in a Member State;as far as possible, information will be made available on:81
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ContentsAcknowledgements 5Foreword
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IntroductionThese guidelines are a
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Chapter 1Legal basis and scope1.1 L
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factors that would warrant such act
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Chapter 2General considerations for
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2.6 Quality of dataIn the final eva
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Chapter 3A conceptual framework for
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