{"id":7131,"date":"2026-09-15T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clements-store.at\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2026-09-15T21:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:40:39","slug":"kratom-regulation-november-12-2025-clements-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clements-store.at\/en\/kratom-regulation-november-12-2025-clements-store\/","title":{"rendered":"REGULACE KRATOMU \u010cESKO – 12. LISTOPAD 2025 | Clement’s Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Kratom regulation from November 8, 2025: what is changing and what does it mean for customers?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Note: All texts below are solely my interpretation of the laws and information that have reached me. The situation is evolving, and lawmakers and authorities themselves do not know for sure.
It is all insanely confusing. So, of course, some of what I am claiming now may change (like the age 18+ suddenly changing to 21+), or I might understand it wrong, or the behind-the-scenes information is misleading. I am not a lawyer or a legal expert. I am just trying to pass on to YOU the comprehensive information that I happen to have at the moment. So take it with a grain of salt and form your own opinion after researching and reading various information sources, especially the source regulations and laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 9 \u2013 INFORMATION ON THE NEW ACT \u2013 LEX KRATOM \u2013 YOU WILL FIND HERE <\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE 8<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

3. 3. 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINALLY! In Brno, we managed to reopen our brick-and-mortar store at Kamenn\u00e1 1. We are open as usual Monday through Friday, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM. In the shop, it is possible to pay in cash or by instant transfer. During purchases, we always check IDs and age 18+. On offer is classic powder \u2013 white, green, and red. <\/mark><\/em><\/strong>

We have launched an e-shop in Austria CLEMENTS-STORE.AT <\/a>and we ship kratom at the old prices to Austria and Germany \u2013 either to your home address or to pickup points. It is also possible to order kilograms a bit cheaper than before. You can also request assistance with your order. More information on the Austrian website.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 7<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

20. 1. 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the latest information, online sales are completely banned. Although several vendors bought an online sales license for 200,000 CZK, they cannot start selling via an e-shop. Why? The PML (Addictive Substances Act) mandates the collection of the full ID card number upon delivery of a package containing kratom. GDPR only permits the collection of the last four digits. Therefore, until one of the aforementioned laws is amended (GDPR certainly will not be, PML perhaps sometime in the future, whether at all this year, we do not know), online sales remain practically impossible and banned. There is nothing left to do but rely on local specialized licensed PML brick-and-mortar stores.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 6<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

9. 12. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 18 days of waiting, I finally <\/mark>he obtained a license for handling nuclear materials<\/mark>. There was no problem, they just didn't want to deal with it any sooner. So I have a license for 20,000 CZK for the 20 days until the end of the year. Of course, that means only one thing. As of today, I am finally not a criminal. Nothing else comes of it. I am slowly starting to discuss the next steps with a potential competitor's manufacturing facility. How to legally get kratom to them for the production of 50g pouches. Of course, I have to get in line, and when my turn comes, it first has to be mixed, sent to the lab, and then we will wait for the results again who knows how long... because I have to get in line again. There is only one lab at UCT. Back in the days of voluntary self-regulation by a few vendors, their testing sometimes took up to 3 months (they're going to be totally flooded now, honestly I can't even imagine). \ud83d\ude0d<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday, I had a phone call with a gentleman from the Ministry of Health (MoH). I inquired about several things. Among the most important: <\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current \u201csell-out\u201d until January 8, 2026. A practically impossible situation. It is therefore recommended to sell directly in 100% regulation mode. It is possible to continue selling products placed on the market before November 7 (the decree on kratom as an NMP), but they must meet the requirements of the NMP law from January 1, 2025. This law mandates that health warnings and other things must be on the bags. The problem is that products before November 7 legally could only have \u201cCOLLECTIBLE ITEM\u201d on the bag. I thought of covering it with a sticker... but the CAFPI might not like that, because if it was prepared before November 7, then it has \"collectible item\" on it, nothing about consumption. And if it has a health warning regarding consumption, then it could not have been legally placed on the market before November 7, 2025. <\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Age. As of January 1, 2026, an amendment to the Criminal Code comes into effect, which states the following: <\/mark>\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/mark><\/em><\/strong>An individual commits an offense by allowing an unauthorized person under the age of 21 to consume an addictive, psychomodulatory, or classified psychoactive substance.<\/mark>\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/mark><\/em><\/strong> - Act No. 270\/2025 Coll. <\/mark><\/em><\/strong>
Another vendor claimed (allegedly told by people from the Ministry of Health) that even the decree on nicotine pouches and similar products (PML) will be rewritten to 21+ because they botched it and the ministries failed to coordinate with each other. Yesterday, however, I was told that nothing will be rewritten in the end. Although the law states that a natural person must not allow the unauthorized use of PML to a person under 21, supposedly this does not apply to authorized sales. It was explained to me like this: I, as a vendor, can sell to a person aged 18\u201321, but if a friend aged 21+ gives a little bit of kratom to another friend who is 20 years old, it is an offense. Even though that second 20-year-old friend can buy PML themselves \ud83d\ude02<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 5<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

25. 11. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Police of the Czech Republic and customs officers have received instructions and the hunt is beginning for people who have more than a small amount of marshland without a license (no weight is specified by law).<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New: starting January 1, 2026, it will only be possible to sell kratom to people aged 21 and older\u2026 <\/mark>Total confusion, the whole PML law has counted on 18+ until now and now they are changing it to 21 years. Vendors have already started preparing pouches where it was mandated by law to write 18+. Probably the whole thing will have to be redone. So for some proactive vendors, this is a matter of easily thousands or tens to hundreds of thousands of pouches that will now be unusable because the state is creating chaos...<\/mark><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some sellers continue selling because they are convinced that having a license is sufficient until January 8. This constitutes illegal sales. Since November 12, the regulation is in full effect. Therefore, in addition to a license, it is necessary to comply with all strict rules, including packaging in a \u201cpharmacy-grade\u201d production facility, a maximum of 50g, no volume discounts, and extreme testing. Legal sales in stores will begin in January at the earliest, more likely February or March.\"\ud83c\udf75\"<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 4<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

15. 11. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the current kratom situation? \"\ud83c\udf75\"<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are waiting for the business license. Selling off remaining products under the old regime is not possible, so even if I get the license next week, I cannot sell. However, I still need the license because storage is illegal without it (extortion money). Sales will continue only after someone sets up a production facility on par with the pharmaceutical industry (properly like a drug manufacturing plant, I heard there even has to be a guarantee from some doctor, supposedly).<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I will deliver the goods to this entity and pay them several hundred thousand for mixing it and having it tested (another x weeks or months of waiting). If it passes, then bag it and deliver it back (I don't know how the transport will be handled when no one has a license for B2B transport yet). And then we can start selling. Provided that we also meet all the other extreme rules.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Expected start of sales in the store?<\/mark> UNKNOWN. <\/mark>My sober estimate is <\/mark>February or March<\/mark>. Maybe never, though.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 3<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

11. 11. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of midnight tonight <\/mark>PROHIBITED <\/mark>sales of kratom without a license and the obligation to comply with all duties associated with regulation! <\/mark>Last chance to buy at a discounted price -30%.<\/mark> At midnight I am removing kratom from the E-SHOP. Probably forever. For now I won't be paying for the e-shop license, it's too expensive. Until <\/mark>MIDNIGHT <\/mark>Order now. More info on the website in the article. <\/mark>We are open today until 9:00 PM at the store.<\/mark> The last chance to shop at favorable prices -30% over 2500 CZK (Cash or QR code). Next in-store sale after we get the license. In a few weeks or months. Whether we get the license at all... <\/mark><\/em><\/strong> <\/mark>
https:\/\/www.e-sbirka.cz\/sb\/2025\/456?zalozka=text<\/mark><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 2<\/mark><\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

9. 11. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government decree stipulating the obligation to have a sales license will be issued by November 13, 2025, at the latest. It is written in black and white below \u2013 a direct response from the Ministry of Health to an inquiry by one of the vendors. The question is when it will take effect. The decree on PML took effect the following day. Vendors in close contact with lawmakers maintain the same: the regulation will take effect the day after the decree is issued.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, I couldn't find any information about the deadline the Ministry of Health has to issue a license after submitting an application. And most importantly, the license is valid for the calendar year. So if I apply on November 11th and get it on December 11th (say, a 30-day deadline), then in the meantime there will be a sales ban <\/mark><\/em><\/strong>And my license is still only valid until the end of December anyway. So, really a week until the holidays. <\/mark><\/em><\/strong>It is possible, however, that we will wait for the license for several months as well, nobody knows. <\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To extend the license from January 2026 onwards, I have to pay the license fee again. I would like to remind you of the minimum license fee prices: a brick-and-mortar store costs 20,000 CZK and is mandatory, and one e-shop costs 200,000 CZK. If I want to manufacture products myself, I need to set up a production facility (impossible for me, an investment of 2 to 3 million CZK according to their rules) and pay another 200,000 CZK fee. Plus import and distribution (B2B) for another 200,000 CZK. So if I wanted to have everything set up, I would pay 620,000 CZK in November and another 620,000 CZK in January\u2026<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Given this, I have decided to apply only for the brick-and-mortar store license for 20,000 CZK and am temporarily suspending the online sale of shorts because I cannot afford it (there are more hidden major costs and, above all, I have no idea whether I will get the license and how the sales themselves will or won't work\u2014it's a huge risk). So currently it looks like <\/mark>Through the e-shop, it is possible to order on CLEMENTS-STORE.CZ only until November 11th +- a few days.<\/mark> <\/mark>The sale of the swamp in the shop will work either from January, or when\/if I get the license<\/mark>. I don't know anything more current right now... I'm lost in it.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 1<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

7. 11. 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably on November 11, 2025, the government will issue a decree banning the sale of kratom without a license starting November 12. And since no one has a license yet (or we don't know about it yet), this will practically lead to <\/em><\/strong><\/mark>TEMPORARY BAN.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong> Read UPDATE 2 \u2013 we have it in black and white. So if you don't have a supply and need kratom due to, for example, health issues, I recommend buying in advance at the current discounted price. It is quite possible that at least until January, maybe even longer, kratom will completely stop being sold. I hope this won't happen, but I want to give you this information and the opportunity to decide according to yourselves and your needs. I will keep you informed.<\/em><\/strong><\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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