Hemp is enjoying an unprecedented renaissance. Driven by the green transition and the search for sustainable raw materials, agriculture and the processing industry have turned their attention back to this ancient plant. However, despite its enormous agronomic and economic potential, projects based on non-psychoactive cannabis varieties face a bureaucratic and legal maze that can paralyse … Read more
Supreme Court judgment STS 301/2026 on hemp flowers and CBD: why it is not the end of the sector and where its reasoning can be challenged An important ruling, but not the CBD apocalypse Spanish Supreme Court judgment 301/2026 of 23 April has caused huge concern in the hemp, CBD and non-psychoactive flower sector. Some … Read more
Statement following the publication of the ban on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and other cannabinoids in Spain After weeks of waiting, today the Official State Gazette (BOE) has published Order SND/380/2025 of 14 April, which updates annex 1 of Royal Decree 2829/1977 of 6 October, regulating psychotropic medicinal substances and preparations and the control and inspection of … Read more
Statement on Italy’s new public safety decree-law and its article 18 Which imposes restrictions on the entire production and sales chain for hemp flowers and CBD products Madrid, 9 April 2025. On Friday 4 April 2025, the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic approved a new decree-law on public safety that will hit the … Read more
Statement following the recent international ban on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) Madrid, 13 March 2025. From 10 to 14 March, the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs is taking place in Vienna, Austria. One of the items scheduled for a vote was the inclusion of new substances in the schedules of the international … Read more
Medical cannabis regulation in Spain has taken an unexpected turn and, for the cannabidiol (CBD) sector, it represents a crucial victory. After intense pressure from associations, companies and legal experts, the Ministry of Health has removed from the draft Royal Decree the controversial article 3.1, which sought to classify cannabis flowering tops as narcotics regardless … Read more
The Ministry of Health, through the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), has opened a prior public consultation on amending Royal Decree 2829/1977, which regulates psychotropic substances and preparations and imposes control measures and criminal penalties. The proposed amendment would add new substances to the control lists, notably several cannabinoids not yet controlled … Read more
On 4 October 2024 the CJEU delivered its long-awaited judgment in Case C-793/22, Biohemp Concept SRL, concerning the refusal of authorisation to grow hemp in hydroponic systems inside enclosed spaces. Facts of the case Biohemp Concept applied for authorisation to grow hemp on a total area of 0.54 hectares, including a building used as a … Read more
Hemp seeds are the seeds of the well-known hemp plants, the cousins of cannabis that are so popular in Spain today because their flowers have no psychotropic effects. Many farmers are joining the green gold rush and deciding to replace their traditional crops with hemp, but not everything goes in the industrial or medical hemp … Read more
What is the legal status of CBD in Spain? CBD, or cannabidiol, is a cannabinoid found in cannabis with many therapeutic applications. It has become famous because it has no psychoactive effects, it does not get you high, and the scientific community attributes to it anti-inflammatory, antidepressant and neuroprotective properties, among others. As a result, … Read more