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

PURPOSE : to allow Norway to participate in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision 2000/602/EC relating to the conclusion of the agreement between the European Community and Norway concerning the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. CONTENT : the agreement aims to allow Norway to participate in the work of the EMCDDA. It concerns in particular the participation of Norway in the REITOX (European Information Network on Drugs and Drug Addiction)) and the establishment of a national focal point responsible for providing information on drugs and drug addiction in Norway and for communicating with other national focal points in the network. Norway's contribution to the Observatory's budget will be equivalent of 5.5% of the Union's subsidy, excluding the subsidy to the national focal points of the Reitox network. The estimated cost of additional work in the Centre when set against the contribution of Norway to the budget will result in no extra charge on the budget of the Union. ENTRY INTO FORCE : the agreement will enter into force as soon as all the parties are notified of all of the necessary procedures to this effect. �