Is THC legal in Bulgaria?

Situación jurídica

The general EU threshold for hemp is 0.3% THC (Regulation (EU) 2021/2115), and it applies to the crop in cultivation rather than to finished products.

Bulgaria is tighter. Under the Narcotic Substances and Precursors Control Act, cannabis is a Schedule I substance, with an exemption for industrial hemp varieties containing less than 0.2% THC by weight. That threshold attaches to the plant, but a 2024 food safety enforcement action was reported applying 0.2% to products as marketed, recording the seized goods' content as exceeding it. No Bulgarian instrument setting a distinct finished-product percentage for supplements was located, so the position rests on how the cultivation threshold is applied in practice rather than on a separate published rule.

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Bulgaria's threshold is 0.2%, tighter than the general EU figure, and our extract is specified below it. There's no margin to spare at that level, so we test the finished product rather than relying on the ingredient specification alone. Trace THC is a natural part of a full-spectrum extract.

Perspectivas

The real exposure here is batch variance rather than the legal position: 0.2% leaves no analytical margin, and the parcel-screening posture established in 2026 makes an out-of-spec batch more likely to be noticed than a year ago. Testing the finished product rather than relying on an ingredient specification is the practical answer.

A separate question worth watching is how Bulgaria treats hemp once it has been harvested. Parliament rejected a bill in 2024 that would have allowed industrial hemp to be processed domestically, which leaves the status of extracts less settled here than the cultivation threshold alone would suggest.

Cronología

Abril de 2024

Parliament rejects a bill that would have permitted industrial hemp to be processed in Bulgaria in addition to being grown. The Customs Agency objected to a proposed 1% THC threshold below which hemp would not be treated as a narcotic. Cultivation remains lawful; domestic processing does not.

Cannabis Law Report

Julio de 2024

A regional directorate of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency halts the sale of hemp-flavoured gums and energy drinks in a Sofia shop, recording THC content above the 0.2% threshold. An official states that cannabinoids are forbidden as ingredients in food and that the abbreviation "CBD" should not appear on a food label.

Tribune.bg

Mayo de 2026

The Customs Agency reports Operation Hydra: more than 1,000 courier parcels containing narcotics, ordered online via EU-based platforms, intercepted in under two weeks across express courier terminals. Officials state that all parcels ordered through online platforms are inspected. The seizures were narcotics concealed in vapes, sweets and baked goods; no cannabinoid supplement was reported among them.

National Customs Agency