2013/0304(COD)

Illicit Drug Trafficking Directive — Drug Definition Amendment

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA of 25 October 2004 laying down minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking, as regards the definition of drug

Stage: In force, reached 21 Nov 2017
In force: In force since 22 Nov 2017 · CELEX 32017L2103
Transposition deadline: 23 Nov 2018
Procedure: Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Last activity: 22 Nov 2017

1 act

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 1 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption	Transposition deadline
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/369	Delegated · Directive	Published	Q4 2018	7 Sept 2019

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11 documents

Documents

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Report · A7-0173/2014Parliament
Report · A8-0317/2017Parliament
Proposal · COM(2017)0560Commission
Text adopted · Directive 2017/2103Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 305 21.11.2017, p. 0012Commission
Report · PE519.605Parliament
Amendments · PE519.807Parliament
Committee opinion · PE524.584Parliament
Text adopted · SP(2014)471Parliament
Text adopted · T7-0454/2014Parliament
Text adopted · T8-0391/2017Parliament

Summary

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This Directive amends the 2004 Framework Decision on illicit drug trafficking by updating the definition of "drug" to include new psychoactive substances, subjecting them to the same minimum penalties as traditional drugs. It affects national legislators, law enforcement, and judicial authorities in EU Member States. The legislation is in force and has been transposed into national laws.

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