{"id":470222,"date":"2026-11-04T19:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/04\/dal-consiglio-ue-nuove-norme-sulle-sostanze-chimiche-utilizzate-per-le-droghe\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:44:24","slug":"eu-council-adopts-new-rules-on-chemicals-used-in-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/eu-council-adopts-new-rules-on-chemicals-used-in-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Council adopts new rules on chemicals used in drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Today (4 November), the Council of the European Union agreed its negotiating position<\/a> on new rules designed to monitor and control chemicals that can be used in the manufacture of illicit drugs. The new regulatory framework introduces a single set of rules with several objectives. Firstly, it aims to strengthen regulations and the enforcement of customs controls and those within the internal market. Secondly, it aims to reduce disparities in the application of the rules between Member States. Finally, it aims to simplify the existing legislation. <\/p>\n

“We must prevent precursors<\/strong> \u2013 that is, chemicals that can be converted for the production of drugs \u2013 fall into the hands of criminals, while ensuring that legitimate businesses and industries that rely on certain chemicals are not penalised,<\/strong>\u201d said the Irish Minister for Finance, Simon Harris<\/strong>. Against a backdrop marked by an \u201calarming rise in so-called synthetic precursors,\u201d today\u2019s mandate \u201caims to achieve both objectives through stricter controls, uniform standards and a reduction in administrative burdens,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Under the new rules, synthetic precursors will be clearly distinguished from substances used by industry. In fact, the new legislation prohibits \u201cthe trade, use, and possession of such substances within the Union, except for very specific purposes.\u201d The new approach also includes \u201ca new, simplified digital system for the import of precursors\u201d which \u201cwill reduce the administrative burden and costs for legitimate trade.\u201d This system will also enable customs authorities and law enforcement agencies to identify and respond more quickly to new threats thanks to real-time reporting of significant seizures. The agreed text serves as a negotiating mandate for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, which will begin discussions with the European Parliament on the final wording of the legislation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Today (4 November), the Council of the European Union agreed its negotiating position on new rules designed to monitor and control chemicals that can be used in the manufacture of illicit drugs. The new regulatory framework introduces a single set of rules with several objectives. Firstly, it aims to strengthen regulations and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":470208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25709,25774],"tags":[27072,25755,36518],"class_list":["post-470222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agrifood-en","category-in-brief","tag-council-ue-en","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-sostanze-stupefacenti"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470223,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470222\/revisions\/470223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}