Is THC legal in Estonia?

Formal status

At EU level, hemp may be grown and used where THC does not exceed 0.3 per cent, the figure set for agricultural hemp by Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Member states remain free to set their own rules for finished consumer products, and many do.

Estonia does not. There is no THC content limit for a finished consumer product anywhere in the Estonian narcotics code. Estonia's 0.3 per cent figure does something different: it qualifies the plant variety. The schedules list cannabis and its processing products, expressly including extracts and tinctures, but except varieties entered in the EU common catalogue of agricultural plant species whose THC content does not exceed 0.3 per cent. The test is about the provenance of the plant, not the assay of the bottle. The figure rose from 0.2 to 0.3 per cent with effect from 1 January 2023, aligning Estonia with the EU agricultural rules rather than setting anything stricter.

Delta-9-THC itself is listed, in schedule III. The non-delta-9 isomers, together with THCP and THCB, are listed separately in schedule I. The State Agency of Medicines describes THC as being in schedule I; the instrument places delta-9-THC in schedule III, and the instrument governs.

On the food side, the THC maximum levels in Regulation (EU) 2023/915 apply to hemp seed and hemp seed oil products and are not the test for an extract.

Do we sell here?

Yes, for now: Sleep spray, Sleep capsules.

Yes, we ship to Estonia.

Estonia sets no THC limit on finished consumer products. Its 0.3 per cent figure works differently from most: it attaches to the hemp variety, exempting plants entered in the EU common catalogue of agricultural varieties, rather than setting a ceiling on what is in the bottle. Our extract is made from those approved varieties, and we publish third-party testing for every batch so you can see what each one actually contained.

Delta-9-THC is itself a controlled substance in Estonia, as it is across the EU, which is exactly why the exemption for approved industrial hemp matters and why we test.

Our CBD page for Estonia sets out the fuller country picture.

Outlook

Estonia moved its hemp figure up to match the EU agricultural rules in 2023 rather than holding a stricter national line, and the exemption for approved varieties has survived every subsequent amendment, including a full replacement of the annex in August 2026. There is no sign of it narrowing.

Estonia does amend its schedules frequently, but the direction of travel is towards adding newly synthesised cannabinoids rather than restricting industrial hemp. The more practical thing to watch is the border: Estonian customs reported an active programme against cannabinoid parcels in August 2026, aimed at the synthetic and high-THC products it schedules.

Timeline

January 2023

The THC figure attaching to Estonia's exempt hemp varieties rises from 0.2% to 0.3%, aligning with EU agricultural rules; the figure qualifies the plant variety rather than setting any limit on a finished consumer product.

Riigi Teataja, RT I, 29.12.2022, 3 (määrus nr 93 of 20.12.2022)

July 2025

The State Agency of Medicines publishes its current position that CBD is not itself a listed narcotic or psychotropic substance, and is treated as narcotic only where it has been extracted from narcotic cannabis, hemp on the EU common catalogue at up to 0.3% THC not being narcotic.

Ravimiamet

August 2026

The Tax and Customs Board reports 381 narcotics and psychotropics violations in postal and courier consignments in 2025 and 222 in the first half of 2026, names Spain among the main dispatch countries, and warns that ordering products marketed as legal elsewhere can expose the recipient to criminal liability.

ERR / Maksu- ja Tolliamet

August 2026

Estonia's narcotic and psychotropic substance schedules are replaced in full by a new annex, retaining the cannabis entry with its exemption for EU common catalogue varieties at up to 0.3% THC; neither cannabidiol nor cannabinol appears anywhere in the schedules.

Riigi Teataja, RT I, 11.08.2026, 9