RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.28
16February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0571)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPublic Health
Pharmaceutical Inspectorate
Quartier Vésale
1010 Brussels
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Substances listed in
Schedules ItoIVinclusive ofthe1971 Vienna Convention onPsychotropic Substances;
addition ofsubstances from Schedule IVincomparison withthepreceding decree dated
1988-12-02.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Royal Decree toRegulate
Certain Psychotropic Substances
6. Description ofcontent: TheBelgian schedules havebeenfullybrought intolinewiththe
schedules ofthe1971 Convention. Thedraft Royal Decree isalsoaimed atmaking
substances inSchedule IVoftheabove-mentioned Convention subject tocontrols
(system ofexport andimport authorizations).
7. Objective andrationale: TheInternational Narcotics Control Board andtheUnited
Nations Commission onNarcotic Drugs havealready, onseveral occasions, urged the
parties totheConvention totakeallnecessary measures tosubject allsubstances
governed bytheConvention tocontrol, inparticular byextending theapplication ofthe
existing import andexport authorization system under Schedule IIoftheConvention to
international trade withrespect tosubstances listed inSchedules IIIandIV.
Belgium, foritspart, hashadregulations oncertain psychotropic substances
since 1946.
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7. Objective andrationale (cont'd):Theprovisions oftheRoyal Decree dated 1988-12-02,
designed toregulate certain psychotropic substances, remain applicable forthetime
being. Belgium applies allthemeasures relating tosubstances inSchedule IIIand
subjects them totheimport andexport authorization system asrequired. Since thatdate,
ourcountry hasexperienced virtually nosmuggling problems inrelation toSchedule III
substances, which isevidence oftheeffectiveness ofthemeasures adopted.
ThenewdraftRoyal Decree makes substances inSchedule IVoftheConvention
subject tothesame familiar system ofimport andexport authorizations.
8. Relevant documents: United Nations Convention of1971 onPsychotropic Substances
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR