Within two weeks of receipt of a combined initial report as referred to in Article 5b(11), the Commission may request the Centre to assess the potential risks posed by several new psychoactive substances with a similar chemical structure and to draw up a combined risk assessment report, where there are indications in the combined initial report to believe that the substances may pose severe public health risks and, where applicable, severe social risks.
Laistigh de 2 sheachtain ó thuarascáil chomhcheangailte tosaigh dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 5b(11) a fháil, féadfaidh an Coimisiún iarraidh ar an Lárionad measúnú a dhéanamh ar na rioscaí a d'fhéadfadh a bheith ag gabháil le roinnt substaintí sícighníomhacha nua a bhfuil struchtúr ceimiceach comhchosúil acu agus tuarascáil ar an measúnú comhcheangailte riosca a tharraingt suas ina leith, i gcás ina léirítear sa tuarascáil chomhcheangailte tosaigh go bhféadfaidh rioscaí tromchúiseacha don tsláinte phoiblí agus, i gcás inarb infheidhme, rioscaí tromchúiseacha sóisialta, a bheith ag gabháil leis na substaintí.