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Iceland: The Consumer Agency has fined a company marketing CBD-containing cosmetic products ISK100,000 (€669) for claiming CBD could suppress some symptoms in specific types of diseases for
Ukraine: Health minister Viktor Liashko has told reporters he expects a bill to legalise and regulate medical cannabis to be considered by the
Germany: The Düsseldorf Administrative Court has temporarily lifted the ban on sale of a CBD cosmetic oral care spray, according to lawyer Kai-Friedrich
UK: A Home Office spokesperson has told media: “We want to provide greater clarity for responsible suppliers by introducing defined permitted limits on the
UK: Asked whether the government would consider passing hemp licensing over to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and making the
Portugal: The General Directorate of Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV) has published a leaflet with information about cannabis in food. The document states that only
EU: A new EU regulation has been published today, 30th June, which "grants Europe stronger powers to tackle current and future drug problems"
Belgium: The Royal Decree banning the sale of nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches enters into force tomorrow, 1st July, for manufacturers and importers. It
Malta: The Ministry of Social Policy and Children’s Rights has launched a National Drugs Policy covering the decade 2023-2033. The paper proposes a zero tolerance policy towards
Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked Constitution Day yesterday with a call to implement world best practices and most effective policies to help Ukrainians overcome the traumas
EU: A cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) held a conference yesterday on the legalisation of cannabis for personal use. A study
Luxembourg: The Chamber of Deputies has approved Bill 8033, legalising home cultivation of up to four cannabis plants per household, exclusively from seeds labelled with
Spain: Health minister José Miñones has said the government is still interested in regulating medical cannabis but that it will not be possible before the
Germany: The Bundestag has approved an amendment to the Narcotics Act, raising the THC limit in industrial hemp from 0.2% to 0.3% following the reform of the EU’s
Germany: The Bundestag has approved the Drug Supply Shortage Control and Supply Improvement Act, reducing the approval period for a first medical cannabis prescription to
Spain: The deputy mayor for prevention and security for Barcelona city council, Albert Batlle (from the Socialist Party of Catalonia – PSC) is
Luxembourg: A parliamentary question has been raised about the recent law in France that prohibits the sale and consumption of synthetic cannabinoids. The question
Greece: The Ministry of Agriculture has published rules in the Official Gazette pursuant to which the European Union Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural
Italy: The government has proposed an amendment to Bill 1038, which aims to extend tobacco legislation to those parts of the hemp plant that can
EU / Germany: The European Commission’s department for Migration and Home Affairs has provided CannIntelligence with the communications between the German government and the
Czech Republic: National anti-drug co-ordinator Jindřich Vobořil was reportedly meeting prime minister Petr Fiala and other government members today to discuss the start
Germany: Dirk Heidenblut, member of the government-coalition Social Democratic Party (SPD) and of the Bundestag, has shared on his social media that the
Albania: The Council of Ministers has approved a bill to legalise medical and industrial cannabis. Industrial cannabis will be limited to strains with
Luxembourg: The vote on a bill to decriminalise possession of small amounts of cannabis and allow home cultivation in Luxembourg has been scheduled by Parliament
UK: A prescription for cannabis flower (from Zerenia Clinics UK) has been reimbursed by the National Health Service (NHS) for the first time.
EU: The EU parliament approved with nearly unanimous support the proposal for a new regulation on batteries with the aim of making them more
EU: The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published France’s intention to submit CBD to the registry of harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) due to its
EU: The European Commission has launched a call for scientific data on the safety of CBD and other hemp-derived products in cosmetics, within the framework
France: The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) has made the decision to classify hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP)
Germany: Last week, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) adjusted the sales price for the nationally cultivated medical cannabis flowers from €4.80
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Economy and Industry has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database which allows cultivation and processing of industrial hemp
Malta: At a press conference held yesterday, the CEO of the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC), Leonid Mckay, said that
France: Senator Gilbert-Luc Devinaz of the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group has introduced a bill to regulate recreational cannabis and cannabis-derived products as a state monopoly.
Slovenia: Rules amending the Regulation on the conditions for obtaining a permit for the cultivation of hemp have been published in the Official Gazette, increasing the maximum
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has refused to register a civic initiative calling for a referendum to reject cannabis decriminalisation bills that are
Hungary: The government has today notified via the EU TRIS system a bill to include HHC, HHC-O and HHC-P on the narcotics list.
EU: The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) yesterday published its report Cannabis laws in Europe: questions and answers for policymaking. The report
EU: The European Commission has revised the entry for Cannabis sativa L. in the Novel Food Catalogue. The modification involves the inclusion of hemp leaves, specifically
Lithuania: The Central Election Commission has received public appeals for a referendum on the issue of cannabis decriminalisation, media reports.
EU: French MEP Aurélia Beigneux has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission raising concerns over the fact that hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is "currently flooding our continent because of
Czech Republic: Health minister Vlastimil Válek does not share the confidence shown by national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil that the bill to legalise
Czech Republic: National anti-drug co-ordinator Jindřich Vobořil told the Cannabis Summit in Prague at the weekend that the government intends to move forward with its plans
Malta: Following feedback obtained in its stakeholder consultation, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis has updated some of the regulatory framework
Turkey: The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a third term as president, while the People’s Alliance led by his Justice and Development
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has proposed that the government should classify hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) as narcotics. HHC and HHCP, currently
Spain: Yesterday's local and regional elections resulted in a setback for the ruling Socialist Party, and today president Pedro Sánchez announced that parliamentary
Spain: The Spanish Pain Society (SED) is urging the government to regulate medical cannabis, press reports. Experts at the SED's XIX National Congress
Denmark: An executive order has already come into force, adding HHC to the list of banned euphoric substances.
