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Government Decree amending the Annex to the Government Decree on Psychoactive Substances Prohibited on the Consumer Market. A total of 9 new substances will be classified as psychoactive substances prohibited from the consumer market.

Notification Number:

2024/0139/FI (Finland)

Date received:

13/03/2024

End of Standstill:

14/03/2024

Invocation of the Emergency Procedure:

Yes

Draft Text:

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Impact assessment:

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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2024) 0692

Directive (EU) 2015/1535

Notification: 2024/0139/FI

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MSG: 20240692.EN

1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0139 FI EN 13-03-2024 FI NOTIF

2. Finland

3A. Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö
Työllisyys ja toimivat markkinat -osasto
PL 32
FI-00023 VALTIONEUVOSTO
Puhelin +358 29 504 7437
maaraykset.tekniset.tem@gov.fi

3B. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö
(yhteyshenkilö: elina.kotovirta@gov.fi)

4. 2024/0139/FI - C00C - CHEMICALS

5. Government Decree amending the Annex to the Government Decree on Psychoactive Substances Prohibited on the Consumer Market.
A total of 9 new substances will be classified as psychoactive substances prohibited from the consumer market.

6. Psychoactive substances

7.

8. Finland intends to classify the substances in the enclosed annex as psychoactive substances prohibited from the consumer market, as a result of which the manufacture, import, storage, sale and supply of these substances will be prohibited. An exemption is made for their use for scientific research and industrial purposes. Possession and use of these substances is not punishable.

A total of 9 substances that are considered important to place under control as psychoactive substances prohibited from the consumer market will be added to the annex to the Government Decree. These substances have reportedly appeared on European consumer markets, primarily for no other real use than to alter consciousness, that is, for intoxication. These substances are neither medicinal products nor narcotic drugs and do not have any known industrial applications.

9. It is proposed to classify 9 new substances that may be harmful or dangerous to health when used for intoxication purposes as psychoactive substances prohibited from the consumer market. These substances have been notified to the European system and they have not previously been subject to control in Finland.

These substances can also be ordered to Finland, for example, through online marketing. The legal status of these substances varies by country, which enables the market to grow. New designer drugs that are not medicinal products, are not, in principle, subject to control in Finland.

Criminal groups are constantly trying to find new substances that are outside the scope of current legislation. Therefore, these identified substances, which are used as designer drugs and have been observed on the European markets and may pose a health hazard, must be swiftly prohibited by a government decree.

10. References to basic texts: 2023/0425/FI

The basic texts have been provided in connection with an earlier notification:
2023/0425/FI

11. Yes

12. Protection of public health.
Some of the designer drugs brought into Finland will always remain beyond the scope of control. Among them are potentially dangerous substances that, due to a lack of more specific estimate, should be removed immediately from the consumer market. The harm caused by such substances will be more difficult to prevent if their use for intoxication purposes becomes established. Authorities are not aware of any industrial applications for these substances. The amendment to the Decree does not make research or industrial activities subject to authorisation.

13. No

14. No

15. Yes

16.
TBT aspects: No

SPS aspects: No

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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu

Disclosed messages

message-id	Year	Number	Country	Type	Title	Date received	Is answer to
107488	2024	0693	COMEuropean Commission	037	Competitiveness analysis	13-03-2024
107688	2024	0868	COMEuropean Commission	013	Acceptance of Emergency Request + Closure of Information Procedure	27-03-2024

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