EU law sets a 0.3% delta-9-THC threshold for industrial hemp varieties under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. That figure attaches to the crop in the field and to eligibility for direct payments, not to finished product content.

Portugal transposed it by Portaria n.º 64/2023, de 3 de março, amending Portaria n.º 83/2021 and raising the national cultivation figure from 0.2% to 0.3%. Cannabis sits in Tabela I-C of Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93, de 22 de janeiro, and art. 21.º carries four to twelve years' imprisonment for, among other acts, transporting, importing, exporting or moving in transit material in Tabelas I to III. For foods, ASAE applies a 0.2% variety-level figure to hemp seed products, and Regulation (EU) 2023/915 sets contaminant maxima of 3 mg/kg for seeds and flour and 7.5 mg/kg for seed oil. None of these creates a compliant route for a supplement containing a cannabinoid extract: the objection taken by ASAE and DGAV is to the extract itself rather than to its THC content. Note a live inconsistency in the published Portuguese position - ASAE's food FAQ still states 0.2% while the cultivation figure moved to 0.3% in March 2023.