Is Hemp Legal in Bulgaria?

Industrial hemp is legal in Bulgaria as an agricultural crop under EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rules. The Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food licenses hemp cultivation, and the State Fund Agriculture (Darzhaven fond Zemedelie) administers EU subsidies for eligible hemp acreage. Bulgaria applies the EU's 0.3 percent THC threshold for certified industrial-hemp varieties listed on the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species.

Farmers must register fields with the Ministry of Agriculture, source EU-certified seed, and submit to phytosanitary inspection. Permitted end uses include fiber, seed, grain, and biomass for cosmetic CBD extraction. Hemp-grain foods such as shelled hempseed, hemp oil, and hemp protein flour circulate under standard EU food rules through BFSA oversight. CBD extraction from licensed hemp biomass operates under the same restrictions described in the CBD section - supplements face novel-food gaps, cosmetics circulate through CPNP.

This is regulatory background and not legal advice. Hemp operators should consult a Bulgarian attorney and the Ministry of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Phytosanitary Control Directorate before establishing cultivation.