From 5 May 2023 Ordinance No. 1 of 2018 permits registered farmers to grow hemp below 0.3% THC in the leaves and the flowering and fruiting tops, for fibre, for seed for feed or food, or for sowing seed.[1] A crop over 0.3% is destroyed, and the grower declares that the leaves and tops will not be processed.[1] The agriculture ministry's current permit service uses that 0.3% figure and charges no fee.[2] Article 29(1) of the narcotics act, in the consolidation that was read, still says below 0.2%.[3]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Bulgaria here.
References
- Ordinance No. 1 of 12 March 2018 on hemp-growing permits (lex.bg consolidation)Article 1 and article 18, amended in State Gazette No. 40 of 2023, in force 5 May 2023.
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food — permit to grow hemp below 0.3% THCCurrent service page. Below 0.3% THC. No fee. Three-year permit.archived
- Narcotic Substances and Precursors Control Act, article 29 (ExLege consolidation)Article 29(1) still says below 0.2% THC.
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read.