EC/Norway agreement: participation in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA

The committee adopted the report (consultation procedure) by Maurizio TURCO (TGI, I) amending the proposal on the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The committee's report focused on the March 2000 evaluation report on the Centre's activities, arguing that some of its conclusions should be taken into consideration, in particular the criticisms levelled at the workings of the European Information Network on Drugs and Drug Addiction (REITOX) and of the EMCDDA Management Board. It therefore felt that the involvement of third countries such as Norway should be conditional upon a comprehensive revision of the regulation establishing the Centre, in order to take account of these observations and ensure the effectiveness and reliability of the Centre's work.�