Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service has updated its positive list of already notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp flowers and other
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Slovakia: Zuzana Čaputová, the president of Slovakia, has signed the amendment to the Criminal Code, which seeks, among other things, to reduce penalties
31st March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has launched an initiative to evaluate the progress made under Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment, which applies to CBD vapes and devices
31st March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Food Standards Agency has published a public list of CBD products that will be allowed to remain on sale in the
31st March 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The closed coffeeshop chain experiment has been postponed until the second quarter of 2023, media reports. The minister of public health and
30th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: An initiative on chemicals strategy for sustainability has been launched that could lead to a revision of the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation. A
30th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: A summary report of the 28th February meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) in which the permitted THC levels for hemp seed foodstuffs were
Germany: Federal drug commissioner Burkhard Blienert has expressed support for health warnings on cannabis packaging, once recreational cannabis is legalised. Speaking in a
25th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The directorate general (DG) for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs told CBD-Intel that the European Commission is discussing with the members
Spain: The government’s delegate for the National Plan on Drugs, Joan Ramón Villalbí, has expressed concern over a possible increase in the use
Spain: The single-issue Luz Verde (Green Light) party, which advocates legalisation of both medical and recreational cannabis, can take part in the next
22nd March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis, the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry and First November Group have launched a review of regulation and public policy
Slovakia: On Wednesday, 16th March, the amendment to the Criminal Code that seeks, among other things, to reduce penalties for cannabis use, was
Greece: Joint Ministerial Decision 27462/2022 entered into force two days ago on 15th March. The decision replaces Joint Ministerial Decision 51483/700 to set out
16th March 2022 - France |
France: Deputy Moetai Brotherson has introduced into the National Assembly a bill to launch a five-year pilot programme on recreational and medical cannabis in the overseas
Germany: Kristine Lütke, drug policy spokeswoman for the coalition Free Democratic Party (FDP) has told the German Pharmacist Newspaper she aims to present a
Global: The 65th annual session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs is taking place this week in Vienna. The Commission directs international drug policy
Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service has updated its list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp flowers and other smokable CBD products. Products
Germany: Five men have been charged in Berlin’s Regional Court with drug trafficking after selling CBD flowers as smoking products with less than 0.2% THC, press
Spain: The president of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry (SEP) has warned of a possible risk to mental health of medicinal cannabis use, press
15th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission held a meeting yesterday, 14th March, between the Expert Group for Agricultural Markets and the civil dialogue group (CDG)
14th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) approved the proposal to raise the tolerated limits of THC
Germany: When talking about cannabis legalisation for recreational purposes, the federal drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, said in an interview that the discussion is still
14th March 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Aardachtig company has announced it obtained a licence to legally grow cannabis and to produce recreational cannabis products as part of the
11th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: On 14th March the European Commission (EC) will hold a meeting between the Expert Group for Agricultural Market and the civil dialogue
11th March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The discussion and voting of the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to increase the maximum tolerated amount of THC in hemp seeds and
Malta: The leader of the main opposition party, Bernard Grech, said during a conference this week that, if his Nationalist Party holds the
Spain: Today, the Health and Consumption Committee of the Parliament held a meeting to inform about the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Medical Cannabis, which
3rd March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: During a debate about treatments for children with epilepsy, the minister for care and mental health, Gillian Keegan, said that the National
2nd March 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) in the end did not vote on 28th February, as
Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service has updated its positive list of already notified herbal products for smoking, which includes hemp flowers and other
1st March 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Asked to explain what progress has been made on the project on the potential use of underutilised crops, including hemp, Jo Churchill,
28th February 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: There are currently 110 licences for industrial hemp cultivation, said the minister of justice Kit Malthouse. “The licences are generally issued for a validity
Malta: In an interview with a Spanish newspaper, Mariella Dimech, the appointed chair of the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis, said that the
Spain: The parliamentary Subcommittee on Medicinal Cannabis is holding its first meeting with experts on 9th March, press reports. The meetings will be held every two
24th February 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) will vote on 28th February on a proposal to raise
24th February 2022 - Germany |
Germany: The Federal Constitutional Court published its work plan of cases to be judged in 2022. Among the court plans are four judicial review motions from three
22nd February 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The list of novel food applications validated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been updated to include several CBD products by two more
Ukraine: The Ministry of Health has published a bill, “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Regulation of the Circulation
Slovenia: A bill amending the Drugs Production and Trafficking Act was rejected in the Health Committee of the National Assembly, according to local press reports.
Slovakia: The amendment to the Criminal Code – which seeks, among other things, to reduce penalties for recreational cannabis use – was moved
Germany: The federal government answered several questions from a small inquiry made by the opposition CDU/CSU parliamentary group about hemp cultivation. It said that
France: The Ministry of Health and Solidarity enacted a decree which allows the cultivation of medical cannabis from 1st March 2022 by amending the
Ukraine: Health minister Viktor Liashko has said the ministry will submit a bill to legalise medical cannabis to parliament soon, media reports. However,
Spain: The parliamentary Subcommittee on Medicinal Cannabis decided yesterday, 16th February, to extend its work until June, press reports. It was originally due to have its
Italy: The Constitutional Court rejected a referendum on decriminalising the cultivation and possession of recreational cannabis for personal use.
17th February 2022 - Europe |
EU: An upcoming rule change could allow for the marketing and use of hemp seed varieties that would exceed the legal THC threshold, according
Portugal: The National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) has issued a circular stressing that the use of the cannabis plant for any purposes
Germany: The Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony is now examining the marketability of hemp flower as a herbal smoking product and hemp
16th February 2022 - Europe |