Legality
Nimetazepam legal status by country
Also known as: erimin, happy five
Countries where the legal status of Nimetazepam has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Nimetazepam in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaNimetazepam is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed. There is no benzodiazepine anywhere in this Act. This is a positive finding of absence and not a...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 692 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaControlled as a prescription only benzodiazepine and a prohibited import; not a Criminal Code drug....
- AustriaThis is a designated psychotrope in Austria, which is the lighter of the country's two drug designations. In...
- BahamasControlled. The 1994 Application Order prints «NIMETAZEPAM» with the chemical name...
- BahrainControlled. Nimetazepam is placed in Group II Schedule 4 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on...
- BangladeshNimetazepam is named in Class 'ga' at serial 3 of the First Schedule, between Midazolam and Nitrazepam.
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control». Under the Drug...
- BelarusNimetazepam is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumNimetazepam is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeNimetazepam is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule IV paragraph 1, in the Misuse of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry NIMETAZEPAM in Lista IV under the heading...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 66 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class C drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part III of Schedule 2...
- BruneiClass B controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Nimetazepam is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията...
- CanadaControlled. Nimetazepam is in Schedule IV of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Possession is not an...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled as a psychotropic substance under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention...
- CroatiaNimetazepam is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari...
- CzechiaNimetazepam is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste E of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Nimetazepam has no entry among the twelve benzodiazepines of acápite I of Categoría IV. The...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, with a Table 1 Section 2 alternative. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaNimetazepam is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class C controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Part 3 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 1987...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Nimetazepam is named on liste E nr. 64 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Nimetazepam is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceNimetazepam is a listed psychotropic substance in France, on the psychotropics list rather than the narcotics...
- GeorgiaNimetazepam is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624,...
- GermanyNimetazepam is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules, which is a notably...
- GhanaNimetazepam is a controlled substance for medical supply in Ghana, reached through the guideline's definition...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Nimetazepam is entry 34 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth table, an entry...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part II of the First Schedule, the List of Psychotropic Substances Under Control,...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. Nimetazepam is named in Lista IV del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Nimetazepam is a named entry of the P4 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.)...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Nimetazepam", and the row identifies it by the...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «63 NIMETAZEPAM 1,3 Dihydro-1 methyl-7...
- IndonesiaPsikotropika Golongan IV under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika:...
- IranNimetazepam is placed at entry 44 of Schedule 4 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13,...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Eight carries NIMETAZEPAM at serial 44, described as...
- IrelandNimetazepam is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 4, Part 1; S.I....
- ItalyControlled as a medicinal substance. The Ministry of Health compilation carries «nimetazepam» and routes it...
- JapanNimetazepam is a 向精神薬, a psychotropic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第三第十一号. The...
- JordanNimetazepam is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and...
- KazakhstanNimetazepam is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution...
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Nimetazepam is listed at Group 2, table 4, serial P4-60....
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names nimetazepam in its...
- LatviaNimetazepam is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Nimetazepam is placed in Table 3 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LithuaniaNimetazepam is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names nimetazepam. The entry relied on reads...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table IV, item 45, prints «尼美西泮 / Nimetazepam». The tables are read as...
- MalaysiaNimetazepam is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, so it is a dangerous...
- MaltaNimetazepam is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the...
- MexicoNimetazepam is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the third of the five groups of article 245 of the...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Nimetazepam is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Nimetazepam is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 4, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Nimetazepam is named in lijst II of the Opiumwet and not in lijst I, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Nimetazapam», printed among the lists and tables annexed to...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places nimetazepam under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Nimetazepam is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Nimetazepam is named in Group II, Table 4, serial 51 of...
- PakistanNimetazepam is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Nimetazepam is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista IV of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Nimetazepam is printed as "50. NIMETAZEPAM" on page 22 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «NIMETAZEPAM» is entry lp. 54 in group IV-P...
- PortugalControlled. Nimetazepam is named in table IV of Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93. Table IV carries a lower trafficking...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 55 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaNimetazepam is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Nimetazepam =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists nimetazepam at the entry «Ниметазепам» (in English, nimetazepam), and...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class C drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part III of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaNimetazepam is named by chemical name as item 48 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics...
- Saudi ArabiaNimetazepam is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category D of the...
- SerbiaNimetazepam is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass C controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 3 (Class C Drugs),...
- SlovakiaNimetazepam is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names nimetazepam. The entry relied on...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names nimetazepam at Group...
- South AfricaControlled as a Specified Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965,...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Nimetazepam is entry 48 of...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst II onderdeel A part 2 prints the entry as 'Nimetazepam', between 'Midazolam' and 'Nitrazepam'....
- SwedenControlled. Nimetazepam is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries nimetazepam in list b, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. Item 325 of Перечень 2, psychotropic substances, of the National List approved by...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandNimetazepam is a Category 2 psychotropic substance in Thailand. The Ministry of Public Health naming...
- Timor-LesteNimetazepam is named at Table IV, item 46, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Nimetazepam -...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Nimetazepam is controlled federally. Federal Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own printed heading. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on...
- United Arab EmiratesNimetazepam is an individually listed Schedule 8 psychotropic under Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class C drug. Part III of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.14(c)(42). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Nimetazepam is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Nimetazepam is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force...
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Not individually verified
For these 113 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Nimetazepam specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe