Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) completing Regulation (EEC) n° 302/93 establishing a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
30. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 342 E/43 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) completing Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 establishing a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (1999/C 342 E/06) COM(1999) 430 final - 1999/0187(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 9 September 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in particular, Article 308 (ex Article 235) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, (1) Whereas, on 8 February 1993, the Council adopted Regu- lation (EEC) No 302/93 (1) establishing a European Moni- toring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), (2) Whereas the EMCDDA is responsible for establishing and in cooperation with the Member States, a and Drug Addiction coordinating, European Network on Drugs (REITOX), (3) Whereas the European Parliament in its Resolution of the September 1998 on the 1997 Annual Report of European Monitoring Centre and Drug Addiction on the state of the drugs problem in the EU indicated that it regards it as essential that the EMCDDA should make a start on incorporating the applicant countries from central and eastern Europe and Cyprus into the REITOX network and taking account of data from those countries in its reports and analyses, for Drugs (4) Whereas there is the need to progressively organise the the eastern European central participation of countries in the EMCDDA activities and the REITOX core tasks, as foreseen in the EMCDDA Work Programme for 1998-2000, (CEECs) and (5) Whereas the PHARE Multi-Beneficiary Drugs Programme aims, in particular, at providing assistance to the central and eastern European countries for the development and information systems and networks for strengthening of collecting, processing and distributing data concerning drugs and drug addiction in the CEECs, (7) Whereas it is necessary for the EMCDDA to cover in its the approach all PHARE countries which are part of PHARE Multi-Beneficiary Drugs Programme, including therefore Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (8) Whereas the structural assistance projects to be imple- mented by the EMCDDA in applicant countries and countries eligible for the PHARE programme include in particular activities related to coordination and exchange of information, transfer of know-how, creation and rein- forcement of structural links with the REITOX network and setting up and consolidation of national focal points. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The following modifies Article 1(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 302/93: 4. Without prejudice to Article 2 (D) 14. , the Centre may not take any measure which in any way goes beyond the sphere of information and the processing thereof. í Article 2 The following completes Article 2 (D) of Regulation (EEC) No 302/93: 14. at the request of the European It may provide, Commission, structural technical assistance in the field of drugs information systems for applicant countries and countries eligible for the PHARE programme with a view to involving them into the activities of the EMCDDA links with the REITOX and establishing structural network. í (6) Whereas it is desirable to directly entrust the EMCDDA with the implementation of structural technical assistance projects the applicant central and eastern European countries and other applicant countries with a view to involving them into the activities of the EMCDDA and establishing structural links with the REITOX network, in the field of countries of information systems for Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. (1) OJ L 36, 12. 2. 1993