Canna Reporter
Infarmed – the National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (IP) has published new requirements for issuing import and export certificates for medicinal cannabis. The procedures are now more rigorous and require more information than before, so some licensing entities are concerned that the new rules will make the processes even more time-consuming. Portugal currently has 50 companies licensed to export and 49 to import substances and preparations based on the cannabis plant.
The exponential increase in requests and Infarmed’s lack of response capacity are believed to have been the reason for the new requirements. Among the new rules, which imply greater collection of information, is the need to now present evidence of the qualifications of the entities involved in the import/export (except for the import of clones). This change aims to reinforce the controls already in place, which aim to ensure that cannabis for medicinal purposes is imported and exported from Portugal lawfully. It is also now mandatory to present the certificate of analysis when requesting import.
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