Bulgaria became the first EU country to allow the free sale of products with CBD
Ensuring the legal framework for the free sale of products containing non-drug cannabinoids is necessary for the successful promotion of cannabinoid products in the market, increasing consumption of products from technical hemp, therapeutic orientation and increasing the profitability of the corresponding segment of the national economy, as well as improving the health indicators of the population.
Bulgaria has begun to issue free permits for the free sale of cannabis doli (CBD) on the domestic market, derived from hemp or products / goods containing CBD. Such an approach should serve as an example to many European Union countries for the successful promotion of cannabinoid products / raw materials on the market, the development of consumption of non-narcotic hemp, which has tremendous therapeutic properties, increased profitability of the respective segment of national economies, and improved health indicators.
On the pages of the official electronic edition of Ukrainian hemp breeds, the efforts of international pharmacological campaigns in various economically developed countries of the world to block the possibility of free sales of cannabinoid products and the creation of a huge number of administrative barriers that hinder the unobstructed use of cannabinoid products, as well as significantly increase its cost, have not been described once. Despite the enormous resources invested by pharmacologists in lobbying for their interests, "The struggle for the possibility of using CBD as food, cosmetics, biologically active / corrosive additives continues ." Individual EU countries are striving to take advantage of the evolving market situation in order to occupy their niche, to consolidate and expand it. In particular, " Due to the suspension of European programs, Denmark has approved the" mass export "of medical cannabis ." This material describes the mechanism used by Bulgarian officials to expand the sales halo of Bulgarian hemp companies, to receive additional tax revenues, and to improve the nation by allowing the free sale of cannabinoid goods (food, cosmetics, biologically active / fodder additives) ) both on the market of their own country and by providing opportunities for the export of cannabinoid products abroad.
Bulgarian officials quickly realized that hemp and products derived therefrom, for example, non-drug cannabis (KBB), could provide significant economic opportunities, so they allowed free sale of such products throughout the country. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry of Bulgaria and the National Food Safety Agency issue certificates for the sale of a number of products containing CBDs. According to Bulgarian officials, such products are fully in line with the Foodstuffs Act of the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as Regulation No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on Food Hygiene.
Experts from the world's hemp market are clearly intrigued by this kind of approach by Bulgarian officials to this problem. The practice of issuing such certificates for the free sale of CBD-containing products was first authorized at the state level among the European Union member states.
A lot of attention in the licensing documentation is devoted to determining the status of products with CBD - these are "new" products or "traditional". The "new" food is defined by the European Commission as "largely not consumed by people in the EU until May 15, 1997, when the first Rules for New Foods came into force." In the permit issued in Bulgaria, cannabis products are considered as those that include "food / food additive and placed on the market in accordance with the current legislation of the EU and the Republic of Bulgaria and are / are subject to free sale on the Bulgarian market." In other words, CBD-containing products from cannabis plants will now be sold in Bulgaria as "traditional", just as they were defined by the European Association of Industrial Hemp in early 2019, which in many cases simplifies their implementation and accessibility to a wide range of consumers.
Comment of Association "Ukrainian technical hemp"
A similar approach to the spread of non-narcotic cannabinoids should serve as an example / a positive precedent for many European Union countries. Ensuring the legal framework for the free sale of products containing non-drug cannabinoids is necessary for the successful promotion of cannabinoid products in the market, increasing consumption of products from technical hemp, therapeutic orientation and increasing the profitability of the corresponding segment of the national economy, as well as improving the health indicators of the population. It is worth noting the opportunities created by the Bulgarian state structures to export cannabis products. Thus, Bulgarian companies are interested in a significant expansion of this kind of business both in their own country and in the territory of the European Union.