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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8815

27 October 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
Anti-drug framework decision adopted

Luxembourg, 26/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the Justice and Home Affairs Council finally adopted the framework decision defining and sanctioning drugs trafficking, one year after the political agreement, and three years after the European Commission's proposal. This framework decision sets a joint definition of drugs trafficking and a certain level of harmonisation of sanctions, which range from "deterrents" to a maximum of at least one year, five years and then ten, depending on the...

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