# New psychoactive substances: information exchange, early warning system and risk assessment procedure

European Parliament procedure 2016/0261(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee ENVI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 46 committee amendments tabled by 10 Members between 2016-10-19 and 2016-10-28.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns new psychoactive substances and the information exchange, early warning system and risk assessment procedure. Amendments revise recitals and provisions on cross-border health threats, monitoring and early warning, the roles of the Reitox National Focal Points, Europol National Units and the Centre, risk assessments, the involvement of criminal groups in manufacture and distribution, commercial, industrial and scientific uses, and information from agencies such as the European Chemicals Agency.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleftherios SYNADINOS | Greece | NI | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125072.md |
| Jasenko SELIMOVIC | Sweden | ALDE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134243.md |
| Frédérique RIES | Belgium | RE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4253.md |
| José Inácio FARIA | Portugal | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125101.md |
| Elena GENTILE | Italy | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124847.md |
| Nicola CAPUTO | Italy | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124851.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96725.md |
| Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI | Romania | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38420.md |
| Daciana Octavia SÂRBU | Romania | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33989.md |

## Official source documents

- PE592.263: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-592263_EN.pdf
- PE593.828: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-593828_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-0261-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-0261-COD.json

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