LATEST ALERTSItaly: The Chamber of Deputies has approved the security bill that seeks to restrict hemp to industrial uses only and prohibit the cultivation and sale
EU: The European Commission (EC) has published its 2023 annual report on food safety alerts and agri-food fraud investigations, which facilitates cooperation and an
Poland: Minister of health Izabela Leszczyna has announced she will toughen the requirements to access medicinal cannabis prescriptions, press reports. Medical cannabis has been
Spain: The president of the region of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has announced a plan against drugs that aims to fight cannabis consumption among
Germany: The response from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) to a parliamentary question from the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social
Switzerland: The city of Zurich has published a media release on the one-year anniversary of Züri Can, the pilot project for the distribution of recreational
Ukraine: The launch of the e-system for monitoring the circulation of medical cannabis is scheduled for 1st October, media reports. The e-system will allow
Lithuania: The State Plant Service has reduced the number of inspections for suppliers of fibre hemp products and propagating material to ease the administrative
France: President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as prime minister. Barnier, 73, is a former European Commissioner and was the chief negotiator
Denmark: Today, minister of interior and health Sophie Løhde announced a ban on products containing certain synthetic cannabinoids as well as a group
Czech Republic: The Je to OK! campaign, created by experts led by former national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil, seeks to promote the benefits
Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has regulated the procedure for processing documents for the transportation of medical cannabis by amending resolution 366 “On
Czech Republic: According to Lukas Hurt, general manager of the Czech Hemp Cluster (CzecHemp), the Ministry of Health has stated that the European
Germany: According to a survey by the German Press Agency (dpa) published in the press, 280 applications for cannabis clubs have been received nationwide. North
Netherlands: René Claassen, a member of the House of Representatives from the governing Party for Freedom (PVV), expressed his desire to stop the
Ukraine: The Ministry of Health organised an intergovernmental meeting to discuss the implementation of law 3528-IX (the Cannabis Plants Amendment) that establishes strict control
Czech Republic: The governing coalition is close to agreeing on specific wording of the cannabis legislation, and while there was initially a plan
Czech Republic: The Czech government has received an open letter from 76 foreign experts from 27 countries calling on it to continue the
Slovakia: At a meeting in Brno (Czech Republic), the Slovak commissioner for children and the Czech defender of public rights discussed the need
Ukraine: Law 3528-IX (the Cannabis Plants Amendment) – which establishes strict control over the cultivation, production and sale of cannabis-derived drugs – entered into
Germany: The city of Wiesbaden, capital of the German state of Hesse, has published a letter of intent to participate in the pilot project for
Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Control (NTAKD) has noted that two semi-synthetic cannabinoids (delta-8-THC-C8 (or THCJD) and delta-9-THC-C8) have been added
Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Control (NTAKD) has announced that the company Viada has been fined €2,198 for selling fibrous
Lithuania: The government is proposing to tighten the conditions for cultivating fibre hemp in closed ground starting from November 2025, media reports. The proposal suggests
Lithuania: The State Consumer Rights Protection Service (VVTAT) has fined the company Pas Bobutę €500 for selling CBD products (CBD face serum, CBD body oil,
Netherlands: The Dutch government has decided to delay the next phase (the experimental phase) of the Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment due to various
Italy: The Chamber of Deputies Justice Committee revived and approved an amendment to a security bill that aims to restrict hemp to industrial uses only
Germany: The German company Demecan and the Canadian companies Aphria RX (Tilray) and Aurora have received permission under the Medical Cannabis Act to cultivate
Germany: The opposition leader from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, told the press that the party wants to reverse the cannabis law if
Ukraine: The government has adopted a resolution introducing an electronic information system that will ensure transparent regulation of the circulation of medical cannabis,
Italy: The government-proposed amendment to a security bill, which aimed to restrict hemp to industrial uses only and prohibit the cultivation and sale of hemp
Germany: The German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has approved exceptions to a requirement that doctors prescribing medical cannabis have insurance approval for initial prescriptions under
Czech Republic: A leaked new governmental draft of the Cannabis Management Act seeks to establish a fully regulated commercial adult-use cannabis market, media reports.
Italy: The Ministry of Health has issued a decree that repeals the previous decree that placed “the compositions for oral administration of cannabidiol obtained
Germany: The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has published the Industrial Hemp Liberalisation Act. The act would allow indoor cultivation of industrial hemp and
Germany: The first cannabis cultivation association in Lower Saxony received its approval yesterday (8th July), according to the press. In the district of
EU: The regulation on ecodesign for sustainable products has recently been published. With the new regulation, we expect the emergence of a digital
Switzerland: An initial evaluation of the legal distribution of recreational cannabis as a pilot project in Basel, known as the Grashaus Projects study, has
Germany: As of today, cannabis cultivation clubs can apply for a licence. The licences will be issued by the federal states and will be
Germany: Health senator Ina Czyborra from the Social Democratic Party (part of the government coalition) has said that the government has the first
Netherlands: In a letter to Parliament, the minister of medical care announced gradual policy changes for medicinal cannabis and the intention to amend the Opium
Denmark: The Danish Health Authority announced it will recommend a ban on upcoming semi-synthetic cannabinoids. Chief consultant Kari Grasaasen said: “There are new variations of
Austria: The Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has issued a health warning against the vaping products “CBD cartridge, Bedtime” and
Netherlands: The next phase (the transitional phase) of the closed coffee shop chain experiment starts today. Coffee shops in all ten participating municipalities
Germany: Today, the Federal Council approved an amendment to the Cannabis Act that gives the provinces more flexibility in controlling growers’ associations, especially when it
Germany: Today, the Federal Council approved the Fifth Ordinance Amending the Annex to the New Psychoactive Substances Act, which bans HHC and its derivatives (HHC-AC,
Spain: The government of the region of Madrid is planning to introduce a bill that aims to restrict the sale of products made with cannabis
UK: The Liberal Democrats party, which held 15 seats in the House of Commons (lower chamber of the parliament) before the dissolution of
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved the amendments to the Fibrous Hemp Law, which create more favourable conditions for the import of fibrous
