France's Council of State has definitively lifted the ban on the sale of hemp flower and leaf loaded with cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychotropic molecule of cannabis, overruling a government decision to ban it at the end of 2021.
On 30 December 2021, the French government authorised the sale of products containing CBD with a psychotropic THC content less than or equal to 0.3 percent, but at the same time banned the sale of hemp flowers and leaves.
