40 (1) A pharmacist shall maintain a special narcotic prescription file in which shall be filed in sequence as to date and number all written orders or prescriptions for narcotics dispensed and the written record of all verbal prescription narcotics dispensed pursuant to a verbal order or prescription as provided in section 39.

In addition, this Regulation should not affect national law prohibiting or restricting the sale, supply or use of medicinal products containing narcotic substances within the meaning of the relevant international conventions in force such as the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 of the United Nations.

‘unlawful drug trafficking’ means the criminal offences listed in Article 3(1) of the United Nations Convention of 20 December 1988 against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and in the provisions amending or replacing that Convention.

(g)narcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971.

(g) narcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971.

- MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF THE VALIDITY OF MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE MEMBER STATES "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas, in its Resolution of 30 November 1995 on the integration of health protection requirements in Community policies, the Council considers that the Community must pay particular attention to the impact on health of action proposed in a number of areas, including free movement of goods; Whereas action to improve understanding of and address the impact on human health of the free movement of goods, in particular the free movement of medicinal products, ...[+++] should form part of the Community's overall strategy for action in the field of public health; Whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; Whereas patients, in moving from one Member State to another, could in practice be prevented from purchasing medicinal products prescribed by an authorized medical practitioner in another Member State; Whereas, pursuant to the Treaty and to Directive 93/16/EEC, all discriminatory treatment based on nationality with regard to establishment and provision of services is prohibited in medical practice; Whereas this Resolution does not affect provisions governing the financing or reimbursement of the cost of medicinal products by national social security schemes; Whereas, moreover, this Resolution does not cover prescriptions for a non-exempt dose of a substance classified as a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance under United Nations international conventions, CALLS on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and taking account of work in this area by the relevant international organizations, to look into the present position with regard to the mutual recognition of medical prescriptions in the Member States.