Legal provisions of COM(2020)659 - EU position in the Commission on Narcotic Drugs om adding substances under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances

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Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf by the Member States at the reconvened sixty-third session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), which is scheduled to take place from 2 to 4 December 2020, when that body will be called upon to adopt decisions on the addition of substances to, or their deletion from, the Schedules of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, shall be in accordance with that set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The position referred to in Article 1 shall be expressed by the Member States that are members of the CND, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.