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The European Union and China on Friday signed in Brussels an agreement to strengthen customs cooperation to control trade and prevent trafficking and diversion of drug precursors, chemicals needed to manufacture illicit drugs.

The agreement was signed by European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Laszla Kovacs, and Chinese Ambassador to the EU, Song Zhe.

Drug precursors are harmless chemicals that are legally used in a wide range of consumer products such as medicines, soaps, perfumes or biocides. They can also be misused in the illicit manufacture of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and methamphetamines.

Based on the agreement reached Friday, China and the EU will for the first time, establish a broad system of legal control of movements of precursors. This will prevent drug precursors are diverted from legitimate trade for use in the manufacture of illicit drugs.

欧盟和中国签署关于药物前体的协议

欧盟和中国上周五在布鲁塞尔签署了一项协议，以加强海关合作，以控制贸易和防止贩运和药物前体的转移，需要化学品制造非法毒品。

这项协议是由欧盟签署税务及海关Laszla科瓦奇处长，中国驻欧盟大使，宋着。

药物前体是合法的消费电子产品广泛使用，例如药品，肥皂，香水或杀虫剂无害的化学品。他们也可以被滥用药物的非法制造，如可卡因，海洛因，摇头丸和甲基苯丙胺。

周五的基础上达成的协议，中国和欧盟将首次设立一个流动的前体的广泛的法律管制制度。这将防止毒品前体从合法贸易转用于非法制造药物的使用。01.02.09