Is Quetiapine legal in Germany?

Also known as: seroquel

Legal status

Quetiapine is not scheduled in Germany. The search ran on 20 September 2026 under „Quetiapin; Quetiapine“ across BtMG Anlagen I bis III and NpSG Anlagen 1 und 2 and returned no entry in either statute. The dossier routes the substance to the authorisation regime, recording that the second check leads to AMG § 21 and therefore to the authorisation of the particular finished medicinal product. That phrasing is worth keeping: the control attaches to the product rather than to the active substance, so two preparations of the same molecule can stand differently under German law according to whether each is authorised, which is not how a narcotics schedule behaves.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Germany has no death penalty. No narcotics maximum applies either, because the finding is a confirmed absence from the drug lists and the dossier derives no BtMG ceiling from one. The exposure is a medicines exposure attaching to unauthorised product and to supply outside the prescription route, which reaches a supplier rather than a patient holding a dispensed pack. The dossier does not quantify it, and no figure is taken here from a statute that does not apply to this substance.

If prescribed or medical

There is no narcotics placement, so the traveller rule for scheduled substances does not arise and the medicine travels as an ordinary prescription medicine. What the dossier does not record is the German rule on quantities and evidence for a traveller's own medicines, so this cell states the absence from the schedules and defers explicitly on the border documentation rather than describing an allowance.

Documentation

Carry the medicine in its dispensing packaging with the prescription, because the live question is whether the product is an authorised one dispensed to the holder. No narcotics certificate is involved. The search and the authorisation provision were read on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Germany’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.