E/INCB/2015/4


UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION
Sales No. E.16.XI.4
ISBN: 978-92-1-148284-3
eISBN 978-92-1-057749-6

 

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Precursors and chemicals frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2015 on the Implementation of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988

Foreword by the INCB President

Preface

Contents

Explanatory notes

Summary

Chapter

  1. Introduction
  2. Action taken by Governments and the International Narcotics Control Board
    1. Adherence to the 1988 Convention.
    2. Reporting to the Board pursuant to article 12 of the 1988 Convention
    3. Legislation and control measures
    4. Submission of data on licit trade in, uses of and requirement for precursors
    5. Annual legitimate requirements for import of precursors of amphetamine-type stimulants
    6. Pre-export notifications and utilization of the Pre-Export Notification Online system
    7. Activities and achievements in international precursor control
  3. Extent of licit trade in precursors and the latest trends in precursor trafficking
    1. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants
    2. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of cocaine
    3. Acids and solvents in Table II of the 1988 Convention that are used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
    4. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of heroin
    5. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of other narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
    6. Substances not in Table I or II of the 1988 Convention that are used in the illicit manufacture of other narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, precursors under international control or substances of abuse not under international control
  4. Public-private partnerships: their merits and potential in preventing the diversion of chemicals
  5. Conclusions

  Glossary

 

Annexes

  1. Parties and non-parties to the 1988 Convention, by region, as at 1 November 2015
  2. Annual legitimate requirements for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone and 1-phenyl-2-propanone, substances frequently used in the manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants.
  3. Substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention
  4. Use of scheduled substances in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
  5. Treaty provisions for the control of substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
  6. Regional grouping
  7. Submission of information by Governments pursuant to article 12 of the 1988 Convention (form D) for the years 2010 - 2014
  8. Seizures of substances in Tables I and II of he 1988 Convention as reported to the International Narcotics Control Board, 2010-2014 ( Seizures for the past 10 years in Table I and Table II,  as at 2 March 2016)
  9. Submission of information by Governments on licit trade in and legitimate uses of and requirements for substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention for the years 2010-2014
  10. Governments that have requested pre-export notifications pursuant to article 12, paragraph 10 (a), of the 1988 Convention (to obtain the latest information, visit the following link: http://www.incb.org/incb/en/precursors/precursors/annex_x.html)
  11. Licit uses of the substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention

 

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