Is CBD legal in Croatia?

Formal status

CBD has been classified as a Novel Food across the EU since January 2019 (Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), and no CBD ingestible holds Union list authorisation anywhere in the EU.

The Croatian Institute of Public Health states this position directly: CBD is prohibited in the EU and in Croatia in food and food supplements because it is not an authorised novel food ingredient, and CBD oils, industrial hemp extracts and derived products containing non-psychoactive cannabinoids should not be sold on the European market. The page was maintained current as of May 2026.

This is a national agency applying the EU position strictly rather than a distinct Croatian statutory ban. Industrial hemp and its derivatives were exempted from narcotics control by the April 2019 amendments to the Act on the Suppression of Drug Abuse, so hemp itself is lawful in Croatia and the constraint sits entirely within food law. The Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food continues to carry out individual risk assessments on CBD novel food applications, so Croatia is working the authorisation route rather than moving to prohibit.

Do we sell here?

Yes, for now: Sleep spray, Sleep capsules.

Croatia hasn't authorised CBD as a food ingredient, and neither has any other EU country - this is the unresolved EU-wide position rather than something specific to Croatia. What's notable here is that Croatia is working through the EU authorisation process rather than moving to prohibit, and we've found no enforcement action of any kind against cannabinoid supplements in the country. We continue selling here on that basis. It's a monitored judgement rather than a settled position, and we'll update this page and adjust where we ship if it changes.

Outlook

Croatia looks likely to follow the EU authorisation outcome rather than act on its own. Its food agency is actively assessing novel food applications for CBD rather than moving toward a national prohibition, and its public health institute has relayed EFSA's provisional intake figure without adopting it as a Croatian limit.

The thing to watch is the EU-level authorisation process itself, since that is what Croatia appears to be waiting on. A national inspection or withdrawal action aimed at cannabinoid supplements would be the first real signal of a change in posture, and none has been observed.

Timeline

April 2019

Amendments to the Act on the Suppression of Drug Abuse take effect, legalising industrial hemp cultivation and exempting hemp derivatives from narcotics control. Commentary notes that EU novel food rules simultaneously block domestic sale of the resulting CBD products as food.

SMARTER

February 2026

The Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food publishes EFSA's provisional safe intake level for cannabidiol, notes its exclusions and data gaps, and states it will continue individual risk assessments of CBD novel food applications. No change to Croatia's legal position is announced.

HAPIH

May 2026

The Croatian Institute of Public Health maintains its published position that products containing cannabinoids - including food, food supplements and drinks - are prohibited in the EU and Croatia absent novel food authorisation, with an exception for registered medicines.

HZJZ