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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8594

28 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
Political agreement on sanctions for drug trafficking - personal consumption is excluded from field of application - Dutch exception is preserved but could change

Brussels, 27/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - After a year and a half of stalemate, the Fifteen have finally reached an agreement on the framework decision defining and sanctioning drug trafficking. Justice Ministers confirmed on Thursday morning that an agreement had been reached between their experts a few days earlier (EUROPE 26-27 November). The text sets out a common definition of drug trafficking and a certain harmonisation of sanctions, which will back up the "dissuasive sanctions" and will...

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