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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2024) 2775
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Notification: 2024/0567/HU
Notification of a draft text from a Member State
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MSG: 20242775.EN
1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0567 HU EN 09-10-2024 HU NOTIF
2. Hungary
3A. Európai Uniós Ügyek Minisztériuma
EU Jogi Megfelelésvizsgálati Főosztály – Műszaki Notifikációs Központ
H-1054 Budapest, Báthory u. 10.
E-mail: technicalnotification@eum.gov.hu
3B. Belügyminisztérium
Gyógyszerészeti és Orvostechnikai Főosztály
H-1054 Budapest V. József Attila utca 2-4.
E-mail: gyogyszerv@bm.gov.hu
4. 2024/0567/HU - C00P - PHARMACEUTICAL AND COSMETICS
5. Amendment of Decree No 78/2022 of the Ministry of Interior of 28 December 2022 on controlled substances (hereinafter referred to as ‘Decree’)
6. 17 individual new psychoactive substances liable to abuse will be added to the list of new psychoactive substances in Annex 3 to the Decree (hereinafter referred to as List) (new items 341-357).
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8. The 17 individual new psychoactive substances (THCB, delta-8-THCP, 3-Me-PCE, A-PBITMO, hexahydrocannabihexol, metonitazepyne, N-desethyl-etonitazene, N-desethyl-isotonitazene, delta-8-THCH, delta-9-THCH, 9-OH-HHC, N,N-dimethyl etonitazene, fluetonitazene, 6-methyl desnitroetonitazene, 3,4-methylenedioxyphenmetrazine, delta-8-THC-C8, delta-9-THC-C8), which are to be added to the List in Annex 3 of the Decree, will not be available for free circulation in Hungary, and any activity carried out involving their use shall be subject to registration by the authorities. Due to the above, health risks will be reduced, as it will be made more difficult for substance users to gain access to these substances.
9. In Act XCV of 2005 on medicinal products for human use and on the amendment of other regulations related to medicinal products (hereinafter referred to as ‘Medicines Act’), Section 15/B(1) stipulates that a substance or group of compounds may be classified as a new psychoactive substance after prior professional evaluation.
Pursuant to Section 15/B(3) of the Medicines Act, such preliminary professional evaluation should verify that, concerning the given substance or group of compounds, the Hungarian authorities and expert institutions are not aware of any information
(a) that would indicate the pharmaceutical use of the substance or the group of compounds, and
(b) which rules out the possibility that that substance or group of compounds poses a similar threat to public health than that attributed to drugs or the substances mentioned in List 1 and 2 of the Psychotropic Substances in Annex 2 of the Decree of the Minister for Health on controlled substances.
Pursuant to Section 27(4a) of Government Decree No 66/2012 of 2 April 2012 on licensed activities with narcotics and psychotropic substances, as well as new psychotropic substances, including the listing and amendment of the listing of these substances (hereinafter: ‘the Government Decree’), the new task of the National Drug Focal Point is to monitor the list of suspected new psychoactive substances in foreign circulation on a monthly basis within the framework of information exchange. In this context, 15 new substances were found that are not controlled substances in Hungary and are listed in the European Early Warning System (EUDA Early Warning System). Two new substances have been identified in domestic circulation.
In accordance with Section 27(4)(c) and (4a) of the Government Decree, the National Drug Focal Point contacted the National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNGYK) and the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) in connection with the above-mentioned 17 substances in order to verify if the conditions specified in the provisions of Section 15/B(3) of the Medicines Act are met. Based on the responses of NNGYK and NÉBIH as well as its own further investigation, the National Drug Focal Point concluded that these substances are suspected of being abused and black marketed, which justifies their classification as new psychoactive substances.
Accordingly, 17 new individual psychoactive substances are added to the List in Annex 3 of the Decree.
10. Reference(s) to basic text(): The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification:
2023/0339/HU
2023/0622/HU
2024/0143/HU
11. Yes
12. Notification of the amendments to the List in Annex 3 of the Decree, as a matter of urgency, is justified both on grounds of public health and public security. As long as the 17 compounds concerned are not included in the List, the Hungarian authorities are not authorised under law to intervene and are unable to prevent such substances with unpredictable effects from claiming new victims. Inclusion in the List entails several months of procedure. This enables distributors to sell these substances to consumers with impunity during this period.
The rapid entry into force of the amendment could ensure that there is a veritable chance for real-time response on behalf of the authorities once a new psychoactive substance already present in another Member State appears in Hungary, instead of resorting to the tool of following up the changes in the market supply of illegal substances, which could force the country to allow the marketing of such substances without prosecution in the absence of the necessary legal prohibition. Recent experience has shown that it does not take long for any new psychoactive substance appearing in a Member State to also reach Hungary.
Any delay in this matter risks more young people falling victim to these new psychoactive substances.
Our experience shows that these substances are, if possible, even more dangerous for consumers than traditional drugs or new psychoactive substances that have emerged in the past because their mechanism of action and its consequences are unpredictable.
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
