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Explanatory note

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The purpose of these Regulations is to include the substance norephedrine in Category 1 of Schedule 1 to the Controlled Drugs (Substances Useful for Manufacture) (Intra-Community Trade) Regulations 1993 in accordance with Council Directive 92/109/EEC (as amended by Commission Directive 2001/8/EC) and with the decision taken by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2000 to include norephedrine in Table 1 of the Annex to the 1988 UN Convention (the Vienna Convention).