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varieties of hemp falling within CN code ex 1207 99 20 for sowing comply with Article 
189(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.  
There are no restrictions for imports into the Union of hemp products that do not fall 
within the scope of the CMO. Member States may have rules for the placing on the 
market of hemp products within the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 
and the obligations under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. 
Second question: What is required (licenses, duties, etc.) to import and export hemp 
and CBD products to/from non-EU countries? 

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/12373 and Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2016/12394 set out the rules for import licences for hemp that falls 
within the scope of Article 189 of the CMO Regulation. A Member State shall only issue 
an import licence if all conditions laid down in Article 189(1) and Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2016/1237 are fulfilled and if the requirements laid down by the Member State 
concerned pursuant to Article 189(2) of the CMO Regulation, have been met. Specific 
rules apply for imported hemp seeds not for sowing, which are specified in Article 9 of 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237. 
Following the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C-663/18 
(ECLI:EU:C:2020:938), CBD is not considered as a psychoactive substance under 
control within the Union.Normal import rules apply. 
Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing 
the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food 
safety5 lays down provisions on food imported into the Union. On CBD products, if they 
are qualified as food and intended to be imported into the Union, they shall comply with 
the relevant requirements of the EU food law. 
Third question: What is required (licenses, duties, etc.) to import and export hemp and 
CBD products within the EU? 

Hemp products that fall within the scope of the CMO Regulation are subject to the free 
movement of goods within the internal market set in the Treaty on the Functioning of the 
European Union (TFEU). 
Concerning CBD, following the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C-
663/18, CBD is not considered a psychoactive substance under control within the Union 
and therefore the internal market rules should apply to it. In this respect, in particular, 
                                                 
3   Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules for applying the 
system of import and export licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules on the release and forfeit of securities 
lodged for such licences, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 
1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008 and 
repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 2390/98, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 376/2008 and 
(EC) No 507/2008 (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 1). 
4   Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the 
application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with 
regard to the system of import and export licences (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 44). 
5   OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.