Is CBD legal in France?

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A flag of France, next to the chemical structure of CBD

Formal status

CBD classified as Novel Food since Jan 2019 (EU Regulation 2015/2283); no Union list authorisation exists for any CBD ingestible anywhere in the EU.

France's DGAL 2026 national control plan enforces this specifically against ingestible formats (oils, gummies, capsules, teas, drinks) - not against flower, resin, vape e-liquids, or topical cosmetics, which remain unaffected.

Do we sell here?

Yes, for now: Sleep spray, Sleep capsules.

This is genuinely unsettled EU food law - no country has fully authorised CBD as an ingestible food supplement, and that's true everywhere we sell, not only France. We continue selling here because enforcement action hasn't reached sellers shipping across borders the way we do - a monitored judgement call, not a claim the position is risk-free. We review this regularly and will update this page, and adjust where we ship, if that changes.

Outlook

Two things to watch. The merits case at the Conseil d'Etat is expected autumn 2026 - losing the emergency-suspension bid in July isn't a good sign but doesn't predict the merits outcome.

Separately, the ECHA Category 1B classification remains a committee opinion. No EU measure adopting it into the CLP Regulation exists, and the CLP amendment currently in the pipeline does not name cannabidiol. Any classification would go to member state consultation first, industry bodies are challenging it and seeking a downgrade to Category 2, and nothing arising from it could take effect before mid-2027 at the earliest.

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EU Novel Food Catalogue formally classifies cannabis-derived extracts (incl. CBD, CBN) as Novel Food, requiring EU-wide authorisation before ingestible sale

EU Novel Food Catalogue

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ECHA Risk Assessment Committee adopts an opinion recommending an EU-wide harmonised classification of CBD as a Category 1B reproductive toxicant; the opinion passes to the European Commission for a decision, with no fixed deadline

ECHA, news release ECHA/NR/26/15

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Arrete du 23 mars 2026 grants French customs power to intercept small e-commerce parcels after they enter French territory, even where already cleared in another EU member state - closing the EU-transit route for cross-border sellers

Arrete du 23 mars 2026, Legifrance

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DGAL 2026 national control plan takes effect, applying Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 to ingestible products containing cannabinoid extracts such as oils, tinctures, gummies, capsules and drinks; hemp seed, seed derivatives and leaves for aqueous infusion stay lawful as food, while flower, resin, e-liquids and topical cosmetics sit outside the plan

Assemblee nationale, Government answer to written question n. 15714 (1 September 2026)

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Conseil d'Etat rejects industry's emergency suspension request (refere), decision n.516668; ban remains in force; substantive case on the doctrine's legality pushed to autumn 2026

Conseil d'Etat, decision n. 516668

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Answering written question n. 15714 in the Assemblee nationale, the Government confirms that the mid-May 2026 DGAL control plan operates under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, that only hemp seed, seed derivatives and leaves for aqueous infusion may lawfully be sold as food, and that every other part of the plant, CBD extracts of synthetic or plant origin included, is marketed illegally

Assemblee nationale, Government answer to written question n. 15714 (1 September 2026)

Ingredients

Browse legality of our other ingredients in France.