Meeting of the Horizontal Working Party on Drugs, Brussels - Main contents

© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	January 15, 2018 10:00
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Europa Building i
room	Room EB S5
organisation	Horizontal Working Party on Drugs (HDG)

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda

• 2. 

  Preparation for the 61^st CND session

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  international scheduling of new psychoactive substances:

o presentation by WHO on the work of the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence and on

the substances reviewed by the 39^th meeting of the Committee; o discussion on the Proposal for a Council Decision as regards international substance

scheduling.

doc. 5260/17 +ADD 1

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  discussion on the draft CND resolutions tabled by the Member States doc. WK 13837/2017 REV 1

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  information on the EU side event to be held at the 61st CND session

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  update on the other side events to be held at the 61st CND session

• 3. 

  Discussion on implementation of the EU common position on the process towards 2019 global drug policy review

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  presentation by the Civil Society Forum on Drugs doc. WK 175/2018

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  discussion on future EU actions doc. WK 15035/2017

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  preparation for the Expert Consultation on the Improvement on Annual Report Questionnaire (29-31 January 2018, Vienna)

• 4. 

  Alternatives to coercive sanctions

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  doc. WK 13479/2017 REV 1

• 5. 

  Proposal for a Council decision on subjecting AB-CHMINACA, ADB-CHMINACA, 5F-MDMB-PINACA, CUMYL-4CN-BINACA, 4-fluoroisobutyrylfentanyl, tetrahydrofuranylfentanyl, and carfentanil to control measures

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  Presentation by the EMCDDA and Europol on risk assessment report

doc. 14685/17, 14704/17, 14723/17, 14728/17, 14729/17, 14730/17, 14738/17

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  Presentation by the Commission

doc. doc. 15871/17, 15872/17, 15873/17, 15875/17, 15877/17, 15878, 15887/17

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  Discussion

• 6. 

  Information by the Commission on the forthcoming EMCDDA evaluation

• 7. 

  Drugs and the darknet: perspectives for enforcement, research and policy - presentation by EMCDDA/Europol

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• 8. 

  Conference on Drugs in Europe: a bold law enforcement response (December 6-7, 2017)

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  presentation by Europol and follow-up

• 9. 

  Preparation for the EU-CELAC Technical Committee meeting (18 April 2017) and XX High Level Meeting of the EU-CELAC Coordination and Cooperation Mechanism on Drugs (21-22 June 2018, Sofia)

doc. WK 15037/2017

• 10. 

  Preparation for the EU-US dialogue on drugs ( 9 February 2018, Brussels)

doc. 15618/1/17 REV 1

• 11. 

  Preparation for the EU-Brazil dialogue on drugs (March 2018, Vienna)

doc. 15945/17

• 12. 

  Preparation for the EU-Western Balkans dialogue on drugs ( 18 April 2018, Brussels)

doc. 5242/18

• 13. 

  Report on the EU-Eastern partnership dialogue on drugs (29 November 2017)

doc. 15290/17

• 14. 

  Report on the HDG-Civil Society Forum on Drugs meetings (29 November 2017)

• 15. 

  Information on relevant international events

• 16. 

  A.O.B:

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  OSCE action on drugs

NB: Council documents are available on Delegates Portal. Room attendants will provide copies on request at the earliest opportunity.

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