The National Agency for the Regulation of Activities Related to Cannabis (ANRAC) is continuing its controls and intends to withdraw between 100 and 120 licenses granted to investors and processing cooperatives that have not respected the commitments mentioned in the specifications, in particular concerning the signing of contracts with agricultural cooperatives.
This procedure will also concern import and export licenses for seeds and plants, due to the absence of detailed lists of beneficiaries among farmers. The entities concerned will have a period of thirty days to rectify the irregularities reported and recover their authorizations, failing which they will be definitively canceled. Furthermore, the Agency has issued more than 230 warnings to marketing and import license holders, ordering them to respect their commitments under penalty of withdrawal. These actors will also have to regularize their situation in four weeks.
ANRAC recently held a series of meetings to examine measures to withdraw licenses in the event of non-compliance with legal obligations. In its report for the past year, the Agency emphasized that all cannabis-related activities carried out by cultivators and operators complied with the regulatory provisions in force. In 2024, Anrac processed 4,158 license applications, including 3,371 granted. Of these, 3,056 concern authorizations issued to 2,907 farmers for the cultivation and production of cannabis compared to only 430 licenses in 2023.
In addition, 315 licenses were awarded to 158 operators in various fields: 77 for processing, 83 for marketing, 67 for export, 35 for the import of seeds, 50 for transport, one for the export of seeds and two for operating nurseries. These operators are divided between 35 cooperatives, 87 companies and 36 individuals.
