27.12.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 376/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) REGULATION (EC) No 1920/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 December 2006 on the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (recast) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO- (3) The drug phenomenon comprises many complex PEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 152 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (?), Whereas: (1) At its meeting in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June 1991, the European Council, approved the setting-up of a Euro- pean Drugs Monitoring Centre. Such a body, named the European Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (‘the Cen- tre’), was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993 (3), which has been sub- stantially amended several times (*). Since further amend- ments are to be made, it should, in the interests of clarity, be recast. (2) Factual, objective, reliable and comparable information concerning drugs, drug addiction and their consequences is required at Community level to help provide the Com- munity and the Member States with an overall view and thus give them added value when, in their respective areas of competence, they take measures or decide on action to combat drugs. (1) 0] C 69, 21.3.2006, p. 22. (%) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 14 June 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ L 36, 12.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1651/2003 (O] L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 30). (%) See Annex II. and closely interwoven aspects which cannot easily be dis- sociated. Therefore, the Centre should be entrusted with the task of furnishing general information which will help to provide the Community and its Member States with an overall view of the drug and drug addiction phenomenon. This task should not prejudice the allocation of powers between the Community and its Member States with regard to legislative provisions concerning drug supply and demand. (4) By means of Decision No 2367/2002/EC of 16 Decem- ber 2002 (%), the European Parliament and the Council established the Community statistical programme for the period from 2003 to 2007, which includes the Commu- nity’s actions on statistics in the field of health and safety. (5)  Council Decision 2005/387/JHA of 10 May 2005 on information exchange, risk-assessment and control of new psychoactive substances (%) sets out the role of the Centre and its Scientific Committee in the rapid information sys- tem and in the assessment of the risks of new substances. (6)  Account should be taken of new methods of use, espe- cially poly-drug use, where illicit drugs are taken in com- bination with licit drugs or medication. (7) It should be one of the Centre’s tasks to provide informa- tion on best practices and guidelines in the Member States and to facilitate the exchange of such practices among them. (8)  The Council Resolution of 10 December 2001 on the implementation of the five key epidemiological indicators on drugs urges Member States to ensure, making use of national focal points, that comparable information on those indicators is available. The implementation by Mem- ber States of those indicators is a precondition for the Cen- tre to perform its tasks as set out in this Regulation. (°) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No 787/2004/EC (O] L 138, 30.4.2004, p. 12). () OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 32.