On May 29, 2020, the Government issues the Decree No. 60/2020/ND-CP on amending and supplementing the List of Narcotic Substances and Precursors promulgated together with the Government’s Decree No. 73/2018/ND-CP dated May 15, 2019 on the List of Narcotic Substances and Precursors.
Accordingly, to transfer substance No. 389 “Opium and opium preparations” (except for ethyl esters of iodized fatty acids in opiate seed oil that no longer contain narcotic from opium) from the List IID to the List of “narcotic substances banned from healthcare and life, the use of which for analysis, testing, scientific research and criminal investigation is subject to permission by competent authorities” (ID).
In addition, to remove 03 narcotic substances from the List IIC, including: 206. AMB-FUBINACA; 329. MMB-PICA; 330. MMB-PINACA. On the other hand, to add CAS information codes of 40 substances in the List IIC “Substances and available salts of them”.
This Decree takes effect on the signing date.