CBD trends in the French market: An explosion of businesses!

Why are there so many CBD shops opening in France?

It will not have escaped your notice, the CBD Shop France is exploding, they are opening one after the other with a storefront. But this is also the case for websites which are also doing well.

Since a court decision in a case in the French courts was rendered in favor of the accused (the Kannavape case), this has allowed a precedent to be set in France and thus, many CBD shops have been able to open in France. It is a little more complicated than that to be honest, there is also the European Union which is completely in favor of CBD and which therefore allows producers and resellers to rely on the free trade of commercial products that many countries authorize such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy or Spain. France is lagging behind, but this distance is getting smaller and smaller and we can be happy about it!

A sector that is being established step by step

Beyond all these CBD shop openings in France, it is also a sector that is being created, allowing many people to live off their passion. To begin with, farmers were able to start growing wellness hemp, giving them the opportunity to have better profitability provided by their land. Some of them have also created processing laboratories to manufacture derivative products, other companies have also specialized in the processing of CBD-based derivative products. Laboratories have also been created to work in depth on the CBD molecule (but also on CBG, CBN and other cannabinoids) in order to guarantee consumers the levels and quality of CBD products.

The growth of the CBD market is not about to stop in France and this is good news for all players in the sector but also for all CBD shops in France.

Good news for CBD shops in France

The European Commission has just asked France to review its copy concerning CBD in France. Indeed, MILDECA, responsible for drafting the texts, has not produced a satisfactory report according to the European Commission.

Initially, MILDECA wanted to ban the consumption of CBD flowers and leaves, explaining that this is dangerous for health. Without taking into account that many European countries are going against this desire by having legalized CBD and opening up facilities to the entire sector. Having presented the project last June, the Commission has just submitted its report and found inconsistencies with the decisions of MILDECA, which is why the European Commission is asking MILDECA to review its report. It is therefore now very unlikely, if not impossible, that under the five-year term of President E. Macron (and surely over the five-year term of the future president) the sector will be bothered again with this story of banning CBD flowers. This posed a real problem because approximately 30% of total CBD sales are represented by CBD flowers and small buds .

Furthermore, we can see the legalization of several countries concerning therapeutic but also recreational cannabis. Of course, it is not in France, but European countries, as united as they are, influence each other on economic and legal decisions in order to move forward together. The therapeutic and recreational cannabis sector is not so far from us, if we take the United States or Canada as an example, European countries such as Germany and Luxembourg are currently in the starting blocks of these decisions. This is reassuring for the CBD shop France sector because cannabidiol is a non-addictive cannabinoid, unlike recreational cannabis which contains THC causing psychotropic effects.

The future of CBD shops in France

The market was established without the formal agreement of French legislation. In fact, it relied solely on European laws in order to be able to market CBD. The sector is working and already generates a lot of money, allowing us to pronounce favorably on the future of CBD shops in France. As France must review its copy on the supervision of CBD, the future really bodes well for the CBD sector.

Regarding the CBD shop France, this future seems to be extremely positive as well. We can take the examples of countries that have legalized and regulated CBD before us. Let's take as an example Switzerland, a French-speaking country, which has now legalized cannabidiol for sale over the counter in CBD shops for almost 5 years. There was an explosion followed by a decline because the market was saturated, but it is now flourishing again. The explanation for this previous decline comes from the fact that a significant number of people who wanted to generate only profits with this growing market and who did not know much about it rushed headlong, not specializing in order to bring good quality products to consumers. In a way, the market has regulated itself, and so much the better for the players who have remained established and who continue to make a living from it and bring well-being to their customers.

The beginnings of CBD shops in France weren't easy, but the market is constantly evolving and one thing is certain: as long as the Cali Weed team is here (and we're not about to let you go), we'll continue to offer you high-quality CBD products!

The Cali Weed team