Germany: Market and legal data analysis of the cannabis sector

New German coalition plans to legalise cannabis – but when will sales begin?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th November 2021

The newly elected German governing coalition has followed through on pre-election promises and included a plan for cannabis legalisation in its coalition agreement – but many questions remain to be answered ...

Hempro returns to German courts in bid to overturn rejection of hemp imports

Written by CannIntelligence | 24th November 2021

A German hemp producer and retailer is going to court hoping to overturn a rejection of its application to import hemp products from Austria. The new German government may pre-empt matters if it makes cannabis...

German medical cannabis imports rise but no sign of domestic production yet

Written by CannIntelligence | 8th October 2021

German imports of medical cannabis flowers rose by 80% in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period of 2021, but hopes of establishing local production were...

Lidl has a change of heart, removing edible hemp products from its shelves

Written by CannIntelligence | 21st September 2021

Discount supermarket chain Lidl has removed foods containing hemp from its stores in Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands amid concerns that the products contain excessive levels of THC ...

Public health insurance is driving growth of the German medical cannabis market

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 3rd August 2021

Public health insurance reimbursements and no defined list of indications for medical cannabis have helped the German medical cannabis market start to realise its massive potential ...

Euro cross-party group to push for EU harmony on medicinal cannabis rules

Written by CannIntelligence | 12th July 2021

A new cross-party European parliamentary group wants to help patients across the European Union get better access to medical cannabis and advance the EU’s cannabis resolution of 2019 ...

Nordic Oil seeks €5m and ‘emotional investment’ through crowd-funding

Written by CannIntelligence | 16th June 2021

Nordic Oil could become the largest European CBD brand to raise money through crowd-funding as it seeks to raise €3m-€5m through the Seedrs platform ...

It's complicated: German court ruling adds further confusion to hemp law

Written by CannIntelligence | 3rd June 2021

The legality of selling hemp flowers as well as hemp leaf tea in Germany is no clearer despite the recent ruling by the country’s highest court that low-THC industrial hemp flowers could – in principle...

Legalisation of cannabis looks like being a hot topic in Germany's federal elections

Written by CannIntelligence | 3rd May 2021

With federal elections due in September, Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) has called on the government to draft a law permitting the controlled distribution of cannabis for adult use ...

Germany’s highest court leaves legality of hemp flowers open to interpretation

Written by CannIntelligence | 6th April 2021

Germany’s highest civil and criminal court has ruled that low-THC industrial hemp flowers may be considered a narcotic – but that they can be legally sold to German consumers if there is no risk of...

US market to top $3bn in two years, but Swiss remain the biggest CBD users

Written by CannIntelligence | 15th March 2021

Swiss consumers are head-for-head the biggest purchasers of CBD products, according to CBD-Intel’s 2021 market size analysis. Meanwhile, we predict big growth in a number of other markets, and a shift in the most popular...

German Left and Greens propose rise in THC limit, but without much optimism

Written by CannIntelligence | 28th January 2021

Two German parliamentary groups have submitted a joint initiative to remove industrial hemp from the Narcotics Act and raise the THC limit from 0.2% to at least 0.6% ...

Supply chain hopefuls stay cheerful despite $150m investment fund flop

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 27th January 2021

Texas-based Collective Growth is remaining positive despite failing to find the right partners for a $150m investment fund raised to develop the US hemp market ...

Financial investments suggest a mood of optimism around CBD and cannabis

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 26th January 2021

Renewed interest in financing of CBD and cannabis businesses could signal that investors are starting to be positive again about the future after companies seemingly weathered the worst of the storm in 2020 ...

Tilray set on becoming the 'weed giant of the world' with Aphria merger

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 29th December 2020

Canadian cannabis firms Aphria and Tilray have announced a merger that will create “the world’s largest weed company”, operating under the Tilray name ...

I’m a celebrity – get me into quality cannabis, hemp and CBD brands...

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 23rd December 2020

Increasing numbers of celebrities are endorsing CBD products, with names as big as will.i.am, Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Gwyneth Paltrow among those investing or launching their own brands ...

Thoughtful Brands pulls out of German psychedelics to focus on American CBD

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 24th November 2020

Canadian cannabis and psychedelic medicine firm Thoughtful Brands has dissolved its German subsidiary Verrian to focus on its core business following the acquisition of Kentucky-based American CBD Extraction ...

Raided German firm expects to get its vending machines back, minus flowers

Written by CannIntelligence | 13th November 2020

The sale of CBD products through vending machines in the German state of Bavaria is likely to continue after operators remove hemp flower products ...

Distribution deals show faith in future of European CBD retail

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 22nd July 2020

Firms from Israel and South America are showing faith in the European CBD market, and its bricks-and-mortar retail, with distribution deals to place their products in a growing number of outlets ...

Government aid available to European companies hit by COVID-19 measures

Written by CannIntelligence | 28th May 2020

CBD companies based in Europe have a range of possible options for government assistance to help them through the various strictures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic ...

German would-be flower-sellers look for loophole amid legal confusion

Written by CannIntelligence | 19th May 2020

Setting up studies as a pretext to allow the sales of hemp flowers in Germany is unlikely to succeed – but more are expected to try it as they look for ways to avoid legal...

US firm gets approval to sell $3 seeds in Colombia: business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 26th March 2020

Also: £500k funding for online retailer; Hollister picks magic mushroom researchers; KushCo scales back trading prediction; HempNova prepares to grow and process in Oregon ...

With stores everywhere being forced to close, how ‘essential’ are CBD sales?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd March 2020

Expected retail closures will have a significant impact on the distribution of CBD products in most major markets, according to analysis of CBD-Intel data ...

Company launches CBD-infused hand sanitiser: business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 20th March 2020

A company has launched a hand sanitiser infused with CBD, a US wellness brand is selling what it claims is the world’s first CBD blanket, and Dog-sledding champion Lance Mackey has admitted to giving his...

CBD events called off or put back as coronavirus tightens grip

Written by CannIntelligence | 19th March 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect people across the world, a swathe of CBD-related events have been called off or postponed. Here is a list of some of the major ones, with dates and...

EIHA statement leads to confusion over Germany’s novel food position

Written by CannIntelligence | 6th March 2020

German authorities and a major European hemp association have disagreed on the implications of correspondence regarding the novel status of hemp extracts ...

PharmaCielo signs deal to move into German medical cannabis market

Written by CannIntelligence | 28th February 2020

A Colombian/Canadian cannabinoid company is rapidly expanding into the European Union with the announcement of two distribution deals ...

Toothpaste giant enters CBD market: business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 26th February 2020

Toothpaste giant Colgate is entering the CBD market, researchers have created a laser scanner that can tell the difference between legal hemp and potentially illegal cannabis, and wrestling legend Kevin Nash has become the latest...

BfR issues warning over adulterated German e-liquids

Written by CannIntelligence | 21st February 2020

Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recently issued a warning on e-liquids that it believed to be containing synthetic cannabinoids, after at least eight teenagers suffered medical complications from an as yet unconfirmed source...

Guitar legend to launch his own CBD range: business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 30th January 2020

Guitar legend Carlos Santana is teaming up with a legal cannabis company to have his own branded range of CBD; a CBD firm plans to replant burnt Australian trees, and a French restaurant offers a...

CBD-Intel business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 23rd October 2019

A legal battle between a Canadian cannabis company and a US hemp company leads this round-up of business news in brief. Also covered are stories from Australia, Germany, and a number of US states ...

CBD-Intel business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 26th September 2019

A San Francisco-based CBD firm is donating all September profits from its bestselling line to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Earth Alliance Amazon Forest Fund. This and other business news in brief ...

Raided German CBD sellers left in limbo with no legal charges yet

Written by CannIntelligence | 10th September 2019

Five months after police in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg raided CBD shops and confiscated goods worth hundreds of thousands of euros, no charges have yet been filed ...

CBD regulatory news in brief, 3rd - 9th September

Written by CannIntelligence | 9th September 2019

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has explained why she continues to oppose hemp legalisation in the state; Flanders in Belgium is seeing enforcement action against CBD shops because of CBD oils and teas; Australian state...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 19th-23rd August 2019

Written by CannIntelligence | 26th August 2019

Austrian and German police policy, local THC decision in Italy, Slovakian de-scheduling, Croatian proposals, US federal and state rulings and Israeli priorities come under the regulatory spotlight ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 19th August 2019

CBD-Intel’s regular round-up of regulatory news features items from the US, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and the self-governing UK dependency of Jersey ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 24th July 2019

CBD-Intel brings you regulatory updates and snippets from the US, UK, Italy, Germany and Belgium ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 1st-5th July 2019

Written by CannIntelligence | 8th July 2019

This week’s round-up of regulatory news in the global CBD market includes updates from US federal authorities, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York City, Belgium, Germany and Italy ...

CBD-Intel business news in brief, 17th-21st June

Written by CannIntelligence | 24th June 2019

Catch up on the latest CBD business news with CBD-Intel’s weekly round-up, bringing updates from the US, Canada, Germany, South America and southern Africa ...

CBD regulatory news in brief,
10th-16th June 2019

Written by CannIntelligence | 17th June 2019

A round-up of the week’s relevant regulatory news in the global CBD market for CBD-Intel ...

CBD regulatory news in brief: worldwide, 27-31st May 2019

Written by CannIntelligence | 3rd June 2019

A round-up of the week’s relevant regulatory news in the global CBD market for CBD-Intel...

CBD and cannabis news in brief: regulatory worldwide, 20-27th May 2019

Written by CannIntelligence | 27th May 2019

A round-up of the week's relevant regulatory news in the global CBD market for CBD-Intel...

Some fear extracts ban as Germany beefs up constraints on CBD sales

Written by CannIntelligence | 14th May 2019

Germany is tightening controls on CBD sales in a move that may lead to a ban on hemp extracts in Europe’s largest market and which has led some chain stores to remove products from shelves...

Canopy Growth moves deeper into Europe with €225m C3 buyout

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th May 2019

Canadian medical cannabis company Canopy Growth has paid €225.9m in cash for C3, a German producer of pharmaceutical grade cannabinoids ...

Brits back CBD for health; hemp seeds can be imported in US; German raids

Written by CannIntelligence | 23rd April 2019

CBD-Intel News in Brief from the UK, US and Germany ...

Medical cannabis firms invest in Europe, Americans look to expand

Written by Freddie Dawson | 15th November 2018

Investment in Europe continues as companies in the medical cannabis sector anticipate further loosening of regulations. In the pure-CBD sector, two American firms are eyeing expansion ...

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