Andorra: statutory penalties, CBD context and article, three history entries

Possessing or importing cannabis for one's ownpersonal use is a criminal minor offence (contravenció penal) under article 499 of the Criminal Code, punished with: arrest and a fine of €500 to €–1,200 fine.[@criminalcurrent] For minor offences arrest means at most eight weekendsArrest can mean weekend detention, a month of house arrest or two months of partial daily arrestdetention. In practice small amounts usually bring a fine or a conditional sentence, often for people stopped at the border with Spain or France.[@canncriminalcurrent] The new Criminal Code[replacement code passed in July 2026](/history/andorra-new-criminal-code-2026/) keeps the same personal-use rule, as article 545 but has a four-month publication delay.[@criminaldeferred2026]

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label Possession or import for own use (minor offence) · treatment criminal · term Contravenció penal · fine min 500 · fine 1200 · note Fine €500–1,200Arrest also applies; arrest at most eight weekendsits weekend, a month of house arresthome or two months of partial-daily arrestforms depend on the sentence

Growing cannabis for one's ownpersonal use falls under the same minor offence as possession:carries arrest and a fine of €500 to €–1,200.[@criminalcurrent] Growing to fine; production for supply others is drugfalls under the trafficking provisions.[@canncriminalcurrent]

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label Growing for own use (minor offence) · treatment criminal · term Contravenció penal · fine min 500 · fine 1200 · note Same €500–1Arrest also applies; its weekend,200 fine and arrest home or partial-daily forms as possessiondepend on the sentence

Fines and conditional sentences areThe [2025 CBD flower appeal](/history/andorra-cbd-ruling-2025/) shows how serious a border case can become: the normfinal sentence included twelve months of immediate imprisonment and five years’ expulsion for small amounts; prison is availablea resident convicted of large-quantity trafficking.[@cbdjudgment]

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Supply isGiving cannabis to one other person to use together carries arrest and a crime;€600–1,500 fine.[@criminalcurrent] Supplying a 2025 case broughtsmall quantity to an 18-month conditional sentence for sharingadult carries up to one year in prison or arrest and €500–1,000; ordinary cannabis trafficking carries up to two years and a joint with a minorfine up to twice the drug’s value.[@criminalcurrent] Aggravated trafficking carries three to six years, rising to six to twelve for specified large-scale organised or multiply aggravated cases.[@criminalcurrent]

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Using cannabis is punished like possession for one's ownIndividual use, with carries arrest and a fine of €500 to €–1,200. Using it in a; public place, or together with other people, bringsgroup use carries arrest and €600 to €–1,500 under article 500.[@criminalcurrent]

No legal sourceCannabis flower containing THC has no lawful retail route, including flower sold as CBD; the Constitutional Court upheld that interpretation in July 2025.[@cbdjudgment]

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No licensed productionA commercial medicinal crop was still a government plan in September 2026.[@cultivation2026] The proposal envisaged one licence and indoor cultivation, with a separate cannabis bill still to be brought to parliament.[@cultivation2026] Farmers’ collective representation was part of the accompanying agriculture reform.[@cultivation2026]

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No legal THC products.

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No medicalA claimed therapeutic purpose did not protect the resident convicted in the CBD flower case: the court recorded that no doctor had prescribed cannabis programme; a governmentto him.[@cbdjudgment] The [2026 cultivation plan](/history/andorra-backed study ofmedicinal-cultivation-plan-2026/) concerned future medicinal production.[@cultivation2026] The report described a possible model began in 2021cannabis bill still to come, leaving patients without a verified domestic dispensing programme.[@cultivation2026]

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A resident’s cannabis conviction can affect where they may live: the [CBD flower case](/history/andorra-cbd-ruling-2025/) ended with five years’ expulsion.[@cbdjudgment] The retained sources do not establish collateral consequences beyondappellant said it had cost him his work and home in Andorra, where his partner lived.[@cbdjudgment] The Constitutional Court dismissed his appeal and ordered him to pay the penalties described aboveconstitutional proceedings’ costs.[@cbdjudgment]

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No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leavesCannabis sharing has no room for themclub exception in the Criminal Code: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibitedis punishable, and even joint use by two people carries arrest and a fine.[@criminalcurrent]

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There isVisitors have no legal recreational supply for anyone. Bringing, and bringing cannabis intoacross the countryborder for one's ownpersonal use is part ofpunishable under the same minor offencerule as possession, punished with arrest and.[@criminalcurrent] Low THC content did not prevent a fine of €500 to €1,200trafficking conviction in the CBD flower case.[@cbdjudgment] That resident’s final sentence also included five years’ expulsion.[@cbdjudgment]

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Traffic Code article 112(k) treats drivingDriving with drugs or analogous substances in the body asis a very serious administrative offence when it is not a criminal offence: EUR201under Traffic Code article 112(k), carrying €201–400 and up to two months'’ licence suspension under article 115. Article 82 provides authorised saliva screening andwhen it is not a right to a confirmatory blood or saliva testcrime.[@trafficcode] Criminal Code article 268 separately coverspunishes driving under drug influence: ordinary driving can bring with up to onea year's imprisonment in prison or arrest, a €300–3,000 fine and up to three years'’ driving deprivation/ or prohibition and EUR300–3,000. Certain passenger or heavy transport has higher maxima. Article 269 penalises refusing a lawful test[@criminalcurrent] Police may use saliva screening and also decliningdrivers have a right to a confirmatory blood analysis; its ordinary fine starts at EUR600or saliva test. The[@trafficcode] A July 2026 procedural amendment requires police licence retention of the licence and judicial review within ten days.[@licenceretention2026] The new July 2026replacement Criminal Code has a four-month publication delay and is not yet operativestill pending on 1228 October: its renumbered article 300 adds blood/saliva evidence of consumption and removes the arrest alternative 2026. No numerical THC allowance or general medical-use exception was verified.[@criminaldeferred2026]

Figures reported by the government to the UN drugs office record 2.5 kg of herbal cannabis … nd countries count seizures differently, so the figures are not comparable across borders.[@unodc_szr]

Andorra Constitutional Court — Valladolid Chamorro, judgment of 14 July 2025 (2025-34-RE) Consell General — parliamentary record of the CBD products bill Bondia — El cànnabis s’apropa al país (1 September 2026) 7 unchanged

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label Joint use with one other person · treatment criminal · term Cessió per al consum conjunt · fine min 600 · fine 1500 · note Arrest also applies, label Small quantity supplied to an adult · treatment criminal · term Tipus privilegiat · prison 1 year · fine min 500 · fine 1000 · note Arrest may replace prison, label Ordinary cannabis trafficking · treatment criminal · term Tipus bàsic · prison 2 years · note Also a value-based fine, label Aggravated cannabis trafficking · treatment criminal · term Tipus qualificat · prison min 3 years · prison 6 years · note Also a value-based fine, label Specified aggravated large-scale trafficking · treatment criminal · term Tipus qualificat · prison min 6 years · prison 12 years · note Also a value-based fine

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label Individual use · treatment criminal · term Consum individual · fine min 500 · fine 1200 · note Arrest also applies, label Public or group use · treatment criminal · term Consum en local públic o en grup · fine min 600 · fine 1500 · note Arrest also applies

Adults have no lawful cannabis shops or home-growing allowance: possession, cultivation and import for personal use remain criminal offences.[@criminalcurrent] Smoking together is separately punishable, including sharing with one other person.[@criminalcurrent] The [July 2025 CBD ruling](/history/andorra-cbd-ruling-2025/) also covers low-THC flower sold as CBD.[@cbdjudgment]

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Flower sold as hemp or CBD can lead to prosecution when it contains THC.[@cbdjudgment] Parliament [rejected a CBD products bill in July 2024](/history/andorra-rejects-cbd-bill-2024/).[@cbdvote] The government’s September 2026 cultivation plan concerns an indoor medicinal crop, while outdoor hemp remains a possible future development.[@cultivation2026]

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The word [CBD](/culture/language/cbd/) became the centre of a public dispute when flower sold under that name led to imprisonment.[@cbdjudgment] Parliament rejected a bill to regulate CBD products in July 2024.[@cbdvote] The constitutional appeal the following year exposed the gap between buyers’ understanding of the product and its treatment under Andorran criminal law.[@cbdjudgment]

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word cànnabis · lang Catalan · meaning the Criminal Code’s term for cannabis · sources criminalcurrent, word cànem · lang Catalan · meaning hemp; used in agricultural policy · sources cultivation2026

Andorra treats possession of cannabis as a crime and has no medical programme. In September 2026 its government proposed, for the first time, to let the plant be grown there. ## The law as it stands PossessionPersonal possession is a crimecriminal minor offence in Andorra, punishable with up toarrest and a year in prison€500–1, usually settled by a 200 fine or a conditional sentenceunder article 499 of the current Criminal Code. There is no legal route for patients. How strictly the law is read was shown in [July 2 … so it rests on the index's own entry, which was checked against that report in September.

Andorra Legal Portal — Criminal Code, article 499 1 unchanged