BRUSSELS, Belgium – October 2017: Effective as of 30 September 2018, the Council of the European Union (EU) placed acryloylfentanyl (acrylfentanyl) under control across the European Union. From this date onwards, Member States will have one year to include acryloylfentanyl (acrylfentanyl) to their list of substances under national control.

For more information, please see:

European Union Council implementing decision of 25 September 2017
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32017D1774&qid=1506673462588&from=EN

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) news release “Acryloylfentanyl to be placed under control across the EU”
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/attachments/5520/News_releaseEN_acryloylfentanyl_webFinal_approved2.pdf_en

UNODC Global SMART Update Volume 17 “Fentanyl and its analogues - 50 years on”
http://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/Global_SMART_Update_17_web.pdf