Answer to a written question – Following up on the Commission’s examination of complaints arising from proposals to restrict industrial hemp that have since entered into force with Legislative Decree No 48/2025 – E-001565/2025(ASW)

1. The Commission is currently assessing the conformity of decree-law No 48/2025[1] with Directive (EU) 2015/1535[2] and will be in dialogue with the Italian authorities. The Commission is unable to comment further at this stage.

2. As mentioned in its answer[3] to Question E-001510/2024, the Commission has received multiple complaints regarding a proposed amendment to the Italian law on public security that restricts the movement of hemp inflorescences or products containing such inflorescences. However, the Commission underlines that this amendment is still under examination in the Italian Senate and hence not yet in force. As the Italian Government has recently adopted the above-mentioned decree-law which includes similar provisions[4], the Commission is currently assessing its compliance with the Treaties and with secondary Union legislation. The Commission is unable at this stage to provide further information.

3. The Commission refers the Honourable Member to its communications ‘EU law: Better results through better application’[5] and ‘Enforcing EU law for a Europe that delivers’[6] which set out in more detail how the Commission ensures the enforcement of EU law, including aspects concerning the resolution of potential breaches of EU law.

• [1] The decree-law in question (Disposizioni urgenti in materia di sicurezza pubblica, di tutela del personale in servizio, nonche’ di vittime dell’usura e di ordinamento penitenziario) was published in the Italian Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) General Series no 85 of 11 April 2025 (GU Serie Generale n.85 del 11-04-2025).
• [2] Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services, OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1.
• [3] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001510-ASW_EN.html.
• [4] The decree-law was converted into law (Legge 9 giugno 2025, n. 80) and published in the Italian Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) General Series no 131 of 9 June 2025 (GU Serie Generale n.131 del 09-06-2025)
• [5] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=oj:JOC_2017_018_R_0002.
• [6] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52022DC0518.