WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.85
12April 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1315)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Medical Products Agency
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Narcotic drugs
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Lists ofNarcotic
Drugs
6. Description ofcontent: Narcotic substances arecategorized intofivedifferent lists.
Thiscategorization determines whether anauthorization toimport orexport isrequired
foraparticular substance, applicable conditions forpersons moving around tocarry
narcotics intended fortheirpersonal useaswellasconditions onprescription ofnarcotic
drugs.
7. Objective andrationale: Tomaintain anadequate supervision onthehandling of
narcotics inSweden.
8. Relevant documents: Ordinance onSupervision ofNarcotic Drugs (SFS 1992:1554)
Single Convention onNarcotic Drugs, 1961
Convention onPsychotropic Substances, 1971
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Assoonaspossible
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 17June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: