"The European Commission has opened an investigation to evaluate the conformity of the provisions in the Hemp Security bill with the Treaties and secondary legislation of the Union". To declare it is Valentina Palmisano, M5S MEP.
Theamendment approved in fact by the government majority "completely wrongly equates light cannabis to drugs contradicting among other things a ruling of the EU Court of Justice".
Judgment of the European Court of Justice of 2020, which established that CBD not can be considered a narcotic and "uno Member State cannot prohibit marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) legally produced in another Member State".
To which is added the most recent ruling, again by the Court of Justice of the EU, issued last October 4th. Which specifies that the Member States they cannot limit the cultivation of industrial hemp.
EU Commission: an investigation to evaluate the hemp safety bill
How reported byAnsa, Palmisano explained that: "The European executive confirms that it has received numerous complaints in relation to both amendment 13.06 of the Italian 'Safety Bill', which was recently approved with the aim of limiting the circulation of hemp inflorescences or products containing such inflorescences, and to the Decree of 27 June 2024", suspended again by the TAR, who wanted to include CBD among the narcotics.
"The examination of the European executive is currently underway, continues Palmisano. "And we hope that justice will be done for an important sector for the Italian economy", which has over 3 thousand agricultural companies and 20 thousand workers. "As the 5 Star Movement we will do everything to protect them."
