Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Volume:
21
Issue:
3
109
Abstract:
On October 25, 2004, the Council of the European Union adopted a Framework Decision setting forth minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking.
The need for legislative action to combat illicit drug trafficking has been recognized in the Action Plan of the Council and the Commission on How Nest to Implement the Provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty on an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the conclusions of the Tampere European Council, the EU’s Drug Strategy and the EU’s Action Plan on Drugs...