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Table DLO-2. Offence types in reports for drug law offences [see all tables in this series...]
Part (ii) Methodological notes
| Countries | Methods of percentages calculation and other notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Bulgaria | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Czech Republic | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Denmark | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Germany | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Estonia | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Ireland | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Greece | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Spain | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| France | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Italy | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Cyprus | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Latvia | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Luxembourg | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Calculated on arrests for presumed offences against the 1973 drug law. | ||
| Malta | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Netherlands | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Austria | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | ||
| The law only distinguishes between small and large quantities. Thus cases of possession and small-scale trafficking have been considered as 'use/possession for use' and cases of possession and trafficking of large quantities as 'dealing/trafficking'. | ||
| Romania | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Poland | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Portugal | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Since the decriminalisation of drug use/possession for use in July 2001, such offences are reported through a different monitoring system; data presented here come from the latter as well as from the monitoring system recording criminal drug law offences. | ||
| Slovenia | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Finland | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Dealing/trafficking offences include both aggravated narcotics offences and other narcotics offences. | ||
| Sweden | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| United Kingdom | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Croatia | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. | |
| Turkey | Based on drug offences considered as main offences. | |
| Norway | Based on all drug offences: several different drug offences may be involved in one case. |
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