Is Melatonin legal in Greece?

Formal status

There is no EU-harmonised rule for melatonin. It sits outside the cannabinoid framework entirely and is governed nationally, with limits ranging from 0.3 mg in Belgium to 2 mg in Spain and no limit at all in several member states. The one EU-level figure is the authorised health claim in Regulation (EU) 432/2012, conditional on 1 mg per quantified portion.

Greece has set a national maximum. By decision of the President of the EOF Board No. 126755 of 25 October 2024, products containing melatonin in a daily dose greater than 1 mg are not acceptable as food supplements and their distribution in the Greek market is prohibited. A transitional period for existing stock ran initially to 30 April 2025 and was extended to 31 May 2025.

A 1 mg daily dose is therefore permitted. Melatonin medicines exist separately in Greece under EOF's medicines remit; the supplement route below the threshold is unaffected by that.

Do we sell here?

Yes: Sleep spray, Sleep capsules.

Greece caps melatonin in food supplements at 1 mg per daily dose. Above that, a product is not accepted as a supplement and cannot be distributed there - the Greek medicines agency set that rule in October 2024 and has enforced it since, ordering a 3 mg imported sleep supplement off the market in January 2026.

Our dose is 1 mg, which sits inside the Greek limit. We formulate and release-test to that figure rather than aiming at it, so this is one of the few parts of our regulatory picture with no grey area in it at all.

Whether we can ship to Greece is decided by the CBD rules rather than by melatonin.

Outlook

Settled since October 2024, and actively policed at the top end rather than in dispute. EOF prohibited a 3 mg imported sleep supplement in January 2026 on precisely this basis, which is the pattern to expect: action against products above the line, not against compliant ones.

There is no sign of Greece moving the figure. If it ever does, the direction of travel across Europe has been downward rather than upward, so that is the change worth watching.

Timeline

October 2024

Decision No. 126755 of the President of the EOF Board: products containing melatonin in a daily dose greater than 1 mg are not acceptable as food supplements and their distribution in the Greek market is prohibited. A transitional period for existing stock ran initially to 30 April 2025 and was extended to 31 May 2025.

Iatronet, reporting EOF decision 126755/25-10-2024

January 2026

EOF prohibits the distribution of SWANSON Sleep Essentials, 60 capsules at 3 mg melatonin per capsule with a recommended dose of one capsule daily, manufactured by Swanson Health Products in the United States and distributed from Poland, on the ground that it contains melatonin in a quantity greater than the permitted limit of 1 mg per day.

Enallaktikos, reporting EOF