Regulation 8 THC content of licensed imports

For the purposes of the first and second indents of the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1673/2000, an import of true hemp or hemp seeds for sowing from a third country shall be deemed to be an import of a variety of hemp having a THC content of not more than 0.2 per cent if the variety of true hemp or hemp seeds for sowing imported is a variety in respect of which area payments are capable of being made pursuant to Article 5a of Council Regulation 1251/1999.

Where an import of true hemp or hemp seeds for sowing from a third country does not fall within the scope of paragraph (1), it shall be deemed to be an import of a variety of hemp having a THC content of not more than 0.2 per cent if the consignment of true hemp or hemp seeds for sowing imported is accompanied by other evidence which demonstrates, in the reasonable opinion of the appropriate authority, that the consignment comprises a variety of true hemp or hemp seeds for sowing which has such a THC content.