REPORT on the draft Council implementing decision on subjecting N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacrylamide (acryloylfentanyl) to control measures

6.9.2017 - (08858/2017 – C8-0179/2017 – 2017/0073(NLE)) - *

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Brice Hortefeux

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the draft Council implementing decision on subjecting N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacrylamide (acryloylfentanyl) to control measures

(08858/2017 – C8‑0179/2017 – 2017/0073(NLE))

(Consultation)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Council draft (08858/2017),

–  having regard to Article 39(1) of the Treaty on European Union, as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, and Article 9 of Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8‑0179/2017),

–  having regard to Council Decision 2005/387/JHA of 10 May 2005 on the information exchange, risk-assessment and control of new psychoactive substances[1], and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

–  having regard to Rule 78c of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0284/2017),

1.  Approves the Council draft;

2.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.  Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the text approved by Parliament;

4.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

• [1]  OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 32.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Parliament is required under the consultation procedure to deliver its opinion within three months on the draft Council implementing decision on subjecting N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacrylamide (acryloylfentanyl) to control measures.

The risk assessment report jointly drawn up by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol, which was published on 17 November 2016, concludes that this psychoactive substance is a synthetic opioid structurally similar to fentanyl, a controlled substance widely used in medicine as an adjunct to general anaesthesia during surgery and for pain management. The bulk of production takes place in China.

The report notes that acryloylfentanyl has been available in the EU since April 2016 and has been detected in six Member States. Forty-seven deaths associated with the substance have been reported by three Member States, together with 20 acute intoxications apparently due to acryloylfentanyl.

Accordingly, in view of the toxic and hazardous nature of the substance, which represents a health and social risk, and in line with the EMCDDA and Europol conclusions, your rapporteur recommends that the draft Council implementing decision be approved.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title	Draft Council implementing decision on subjecting N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacrylamide (acryloylfentanyl) to control measures
References	08858/2017 – C8-0179/2017 – COM(2017)0161 – 2017/0073(NLE)
Date of consultation / request for consent	2.6.2017
Committee responsible:        Date announced in plenary	LIBE 15.6.2017
Committees asked for opinions        Date announced in plenary	ENVI 15.6.2017
Not delivering opinions        Date of decision	ENVI 31.8.2017
Rapporteurs        Date appointed	Brice Hortefeux 29.6.2017
Discussed in committee	11.7.2017
Date adopted	4.9.2017
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	32 0 1
Members present for the final vote	Jan Philipp Albrecht, Martina Anderson, Caterina Chinnici, Brice Hortefeux, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Dietmar Köster, Barbara Kudrycka, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Roberta Metsola, Claude Moraes, Péter Niedermüller, Soraya Post, Birgit Sippel, Csaba Sógor, Sergei Stanishev, Traian Ungureanu, Bodil Valero, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Udo Voigt, Josef Weidenholzer, Cecilia Wikström, Kristina Winberg, Auke Zijlstra
Substitutes present for the final vote	Andrea Bocskor, Pál Csáky, Gérard Deprez, Petr Ježek, Nadine Morano, Morten Helveg Petersen, Axel Voss
Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final vote	Francesc Gambús, Anne Sander, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso
Date tabled	7.9.2017

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

32	+
ALDE	Gérard Deprez, Petr Ježek, Morten Helveg Petersen, Cecilia Wikström, Sophia in 't Veld
EFDD	Kristina Winberg
GUE/NGL	Martina Anderson, Marie-Christine Vergiat
NI	Udo Voigt
PPE	Andrea Bocskor, Pál Csáky, Francesc Gambús, Brice Hortefeux, Barbara Kudrycka, Roberta Metsola, Nadine Morano, Anne Sander, Csaba Sógor, Traian Ungureanu, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Axel Voss
S&D	Caterina Chinnici, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Dietmar Köster, Claude Moraes, Péter Niedermüller, Soraya Post, Birgit Sippel, Sergei Stanishev, Josef Weidenholzer
Verts/ALE	Jan Philipp Albrecht, Bodil Valero

0	-

1	0
ENF	Auke Zijlstra

Key:

+  :  for

-  :  against

0  :  abstentions