Is CBD Legal in Italy?
May 29, 2026
Is CBD legal in Italy? No — Decree-Law 48/2025 classifies CBD as a narcotic. Full guide to the Italy hemp ban, import restrictions, and legal challenges. Updated 2025.
Is CBD legal in Italy? No — Decree-Law 48/2025 classifies CBD as a narcotic. Full guide to the Italy hemp ban, import restrictions, and legal challenges. Updated 2025.
CBD is effectively banned in Italy following Decree-Law 48/2025. Italy's April 2025 emergency decree reclassified cannabidiol (CBD) — including all hemp-derived CBD products — as a narcotic substance under Italian law. This applies to CBD oils, edibles, vapes, cosmetics, and hemp flower regardless of THC content. The ban is among the strictest in the European Union and directly conflicts with EU free movement of goods principles established in the 2020 Kanavape ECJ ruling.
Italian authorities have conducted raids on CBD retailers, seized inventory, and issued legal notices to distributors. Cross-border e-commerce of CBD into Italy is prohibited, and customs are actively seizing shipments. Legal challenges are ongoing in Italian courts and at the EU level, but the national ban remains officially in force as of early 2026. Hemp brands should treat Italy as an exclusion market until further legal clarity emerges.
Illegal
AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco); Ministry of Health
0.2% THC (previously) — now irrelevant as all CBD is classified narcotic under DL 48/2025
Decree-Law 48/2025 (Decreto Sicurezza)
All CBD imports into Italy are blocked under Decree-Law 48/2025. Customs authorities are seizing parcels containing CBD regardless of THC content or country of origin. B2B shipments face the same risk as DTC. Brands should implement geoblocking for Italian IP addresses and advise EU distribution partners to halt Italy-bound hemp shipments until the legal situation resolves.
