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Table PPP-9. Composition of illicit drug tablets, 2009 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (iii) Sampling frame / Type of monitoring system

CountrySampling frame / Type of study
BelgiumSeized tablets sent to the laboratories for analysis / analysis develop by 11 laboratories including data from "Project drugs in circulation"
BulgariaAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
Czech RepublicAll seizures seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
DenmarkAll seized tablets sent to the three Forensic institutes/ routine analysis of seizures
GermanyAll seized tablets/ routine analysis of seizures
EstoniaAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
Ireland:
GreeceAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
SpainAll seized tablets (mainly Madrid) / routine analysis of seizures
France-ASeized tablets by customs/ routine analysis of seizures
France-BSeized tablets by police forces/ routine analysis of seizures
ItalyAll seizures by Italian State Police over all Latium region / routine analysis of seizures
CyprusAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
LatviaAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
Lithuania:
LuxembourgRandom sample of tablets seized / routine analysis of seizures
HungaryAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
MaltaAll seized tablets (only ecstasy like pills are reported to be tested for content) / routine analysis of seizures
NetherlandsTablets sent to, about, 20 centres distributed over the country / routine analysis of samples collected at user level
AustriaTablets sent to analysis from 7 dance events per year, mainly in Vienna / routine analysis of samples collected at user level in the context of pill testing project
PolandSeized tablets sent to the Central Forensic Laboratory for analysis / analysis develop only for seizures with a minimum of 10 tablets of ecstasy
PortugalAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
Romania:
Slovenia-AAll seized tablets based on logos founded in the pills/ routine analysis of seizures
Slovenia-BAll seized tablets based on logos founded in the pills/ routine analysis of seizures
SlovakiaAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
FinlandAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures. In cases of offences of use, the minor seizures will not all be submitted for analysis
Sweden:
United KingdomAll seized tablets sent to FSS / England and Wales Police forces who submit their drugs cases to The Forensic Science Service for analysis
CroatiaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
TurkeyAll seized tablets / routine analysis of seizures
NorwayAll seized tablets sent for analysis / analysis develop normally for seizures exceeding 5 tablets

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