The new draft law on "Control of the cultivation and processing of the cannabis plant and the production of its by-products, for medical and industrial purposes" proposed by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of the Interior, following the initiative of The National Advisory will allow the use for export of the cannabis plant for medical and industrial use.
A special agency will be established at the national level to control the progress of this process.
The Cannabis Control Agency will be a budget agency whose mission will be the supervision, control and processing of the cannabis plant and the production of its by-products, for medical and industrial purposes.
It will organize the procedures for granting licenses, according to the rules defined in this law, will supervise the activity of licensed entities; will cooperate with all competent bodies in order to realize the objectives and obligations derived from international agreements, will cooperate with the European Center for Monitoring Drugs and Addiction and the International Narcotics Control Board.
This agency will be responsible for the administration of the data registry at the national level. It will also have as its function the establishment of the Commission of Licenses for the Review and Evaluation of Requests submitted for obtaining a license for the cultivation of cannabis, as well as the issuance of authorizations for the export of industrial cannabis and by-products.