Hemp/CBD: blowing hot & cold What is happening in the CBD sector? Not only in Europe, but also around the world? Here’s an update on the latest developments or questions concerning CBD regulation. he progress report of the French par- - Obtain an authorization at European level for liamentary fact-finding mission on specific health claims for CBD in foodstuffs and hemp, presented on February 10, fo- food supplements. cuses specifically on the use of “well- - Encourage French companies to submit Novel ness” hemp, that is to say CBD. CBD is extracted Food dossiers to obtain the authorization to mar- from the hemp flower and it has a relaxing effect. ket CBD-based food supplements. The report argues that the development of the - Set up a support system to help small and medi- “wellness” hemp sector is held back by “legal un- um-sized enterprises with the Novel Food author- certainties and a certain reluctance on the part of ization procedures they would like to initiate for the publicauthorities”. And, generally speaking, the CBD products. deputies, led by Jea-Batiste Moreau, an electedpn Invited to express its position during this member of the LREM representing the Creuse de- partment, are “expressly calling for the authoriza- tion tofarm and use all the parts of the hemp plant”. Among the nearly twenty proposals, some relate Ensuring that the European Commission more specifically to the food supplements sector. takes into account the Kanavape judgment - Bringing to conclusion the review of the Decree and resumes the assessment of the Novel Food of 22 August 1990 by removing the wording “fibres authorization dossiers for CBD. Just for the and seeds” and by replacing it with an authoriza- record, the European Court of Justice has tion of all the parts of the hemp plant - including the flower - by eliminating the threshold of 0% concluded that CBD cannot be considered THC in finished products and by integrating into as a narcotic or drug, in the absence of any the national regulations THC thresholds specific psychotropic effect. of each product category, and by defining a THC threshold of 0.6 to 1% for hemp crops. - Ensuring that the European Commission takes into account the Kanavape judgment and resumes fact-finding mission, Synadiet called for a regu- the assessment of the Novel Food authorization latory approval of CBD in food supplements with dossiers for CBD. Just for the record, the European a maximum dose of CBD, THC and specific pre- Court of Justice has concluded that CBD cannot be 9.2 cautions for use. Its position was not adopted by considered as a narcotic or drug, in the absence of the mission, which aligns itself with the European any psychotropic effect. CBD extracts do not fall Commission’s reasoning concerning the Novel under the drug class and could therefore be qual-This is the global CBD Food status of this ingredient and urges compa- ified as food if the requirements of Article 2 of themarket in 2020 in nies to submit applications in order to obtain ap- General Food Law are met. The Commission has Billions of US dollars,proval for this status. therefore resumed the validation procedure for against $ 4.6 billion in 2018. Novel Food applications for CBD and informed THE UNITED KINGDOM: Source : the applicants. Considering the quality of the dos- Grandviewresearch.comCBD REVIEW UNDERWAY siers submitted, the Commission indicates that The market operators had to submit Novel Food most of the dossiers run the risk of not being vali- application dossiers for CBD-based products dated for further submission to EFSA. ahead of the 31 March deadline. Once the applica- - Start a reflection at European level with the other tions are validated, they continue through an au- Member States to define the maximum THC lev- thorisation process that ensures Novel Foods meet els in finished products. the British standards on safety and content. noitalsigeL — noitatnemelgèRDBC SUCOF- 46 -