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2nd May 2024: UK: The Food Safety Agency (FSA) Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes, an independent expert committee actively advising the FSA on matters pertaining to novel foods, has concluded that two applications for novel food authorisations, one containing pure natural CBD and another containing synthetic CBD, provided sufficient information to assure that they are safe under the proposed conditions of use, making them the first-ever applications to be granted the safety approvals from the committee.
2nd May 2024: Germany: The amendment to the Cannabis Act, which was previously leaked to the press and which prevents growers’ associations from operating grow sites on the same property in order to avoid large-scale structures and gives more flexibility to the federal states, will be discussed at first reading on 16th May and referred to the Health Committee for further deliberations.
2nd May 2024: Switzerland: A popular initiative has been submitted to the Swiss Federal Chancellery to amend the constitution by adding a new article legalising the cultivation, possession and personal use of recreational cannabis. The amendment includes the commercialisation and sale with a licence and allows the home cultivation of 50 cannabis plants and storage of up to 3 kg. According to the press, 40 members of the National Council from all parliamentary groups were among the signatories of the initiative. The committee established for the initiative must collect 100,000 signatures by 30th October 2025, to be analysed by the Federal Council.
2nd May 2024: Ukraine: On Tuesday (30th April), the Ministry of Health published for public consultation the draft resolution regarding the procedure for purchasing seeds of cannabis plants for medical purposes. This resolution seeks to implement law 3528-IX (on medical cannabis) that will enter into force on 16th August 2024. Comments and suggestions are accepted within 30 days from the date of publication in written or electronic form: Kyiv, str. Hrushevsky, 7, 01601, moz@moz.gov.ua, a.m.shemet@moz.gov.ua.
2nd May 2024: Ukraine: On Tuesday (30th April), the Ministry of Health published for public consultation the draft resolution regarding the approval of the procedure for the transportation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors on the territory of Ukraine and the preparation of the necessary documents. This resolution seeks to implement law 3528-IX (on medical cannabis) that will enter into force on 16th August 2024. Comments and suggestions are accepted within 30 days from the date of publication in written or electronic form: Kyiv, str. Hrushevsky, 7, 01601, moz@moz.gov.ua, a.m.shemet@moz.gov.ua.
2nd May 2024: Ukraine: Last week, the Ministry of Health published for public consultation the draft resolution regarding the approval of the regulation on the electronic information system of accounting for grown medical cannabis plants and products of their processing. This resolution seeks to implement law 3528-IX (on medical cannabis) that will enter into force on 16th August 2024. Proposals and comments can be sent within 30 days from the date of publication in writing or electronically in the form of a comparative table: str. Hrushevsky 7, Kyiv, 01601, Directorate for the Development of Digital Transformations in Health Care, telephone: (044) 253-33-31, e-mail: d.v.brativnyk@moz.gov.ua.
2nd May 2024: Ukraine: On Tuesday (30th April), the Ministry of Health published for public consultation the draft resolution on the procedure for selecting cannabis plant samples for laboratory testing. This resolution seeks to implement law 3528-IX (on medical cannabis) that will enter into force on 16th August 2024. Comments and suggestions are accepted within 30 days from the date of publication in written or electronic form: Kyiv, str. Hrushevsky, 7, 01601, moz@moz.gov.ua, a.m.shemet@moz.gov.ua.
30th April 2024: Germany: Two associations – the German Cannabis Business Association and the German Hemp Association – have allegedly received a request from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) to comment on the Consumer Cannabis Science Competence Ordinance draft bill. The draft establishes the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) as the responsible authority for the possession, cultivation, production, handling, import and export of recreational cannabis for scientific purposes. According to the associations, this could be the first step of the second pillar of the government’s plan to liberalise recreational cannabis, which would introduce regional pilot projects with commercial supply chains.
29th April 2024: Turkey: The General Directorate of Plant Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has approved hemp cultivation in the province of Konya, according to press reports. Hemp cultivation is now allowed in 20 out of 81 Turkish provinces.
29th April 2024: Slovenia: Opposition parties New Slovenia and the Slovenian Democratic Party have submitted a request for constitutional review to the Constitutional Court on the public referendum asking whether the country should allow the cultivation and processing of cannabis for medical purposes and whether it should allow the cultivation and possession of cannabis for limited personal use, press reports. The referendum is scheduled to take place in the country on the same date as the elections for the European Parliament, on 9th June 2024.
29th April 2024: Austria: The opposition and minority Freedom Party has tabled two motions in Parliament calling on the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior to work at European level to ensure that drug policy is not relaxed. The party specifically mentions the dangers of cannabis use and that more attention should be paid to the illegal import of drugs from Germany.

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