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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… of the States involved in transboundary movement between Party and non-Party 157 vi An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol … health. Article 19(4) considers transfers of LMOs from one Party to another. It requires each Party to provide …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… to genetic resources, and what will be acceptable to the party (government institution or private enterprise) seeking … is environmentally sound is left to the discretion of the Party providing genetic resources. Furthermore, facilitating … is made subject to the prior informed consent (PIC) of the Party providing the genetic resources, unless otherwise …
Overview of the Rotterdam Convention
… PIC regions ban or severely restrict a chemical, or one Party proposes a severely hazardous pesticide formulation. … ed, accepted, approved or acceded to the Convention. Each Party must designate one or more national authorities, which … taken by Parties must be trade neutral, that is, if the Party decides not to accept imports of a specifi c chemical, …
Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… for intentional introduction into the environment of the Party of import. According to these rules, the Party of export or the exporter is obliged to notify in … writing and to provide a minimum set of information to the party of import, prior to the first shipment of any given …
The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… potential. Article 4(2)(a) of the Convention requires each Party to take the appropriate measures to ensure that the … or other wastes into their jurisdiction for disposal. If a Party restricts or prohibits the import of hazardous wastes … Parties must respect this restriction or prohibition A Party must not allow exports to a State when it has reason to …
Major Components of the Nagoya Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… from subsequent applications and commercialization. Each Party is to take legislative, administrative or policy … potential monetary and non-monetary benefits. Each Party shall also encourage the development, update and use of … practices. A permit or its equivalent that is issued by a Party granting access to genetic resources and made available …
Main Provisions of the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Responses Stage 2: Follow up on importing and exporting Party responsibilities 3. The listing of chemicals in Annex … by Parties must be trade neutral. This means that if the Party decides not to accept imports of a specific chemical, … from any source, including from countries that are not Party to the Convention. …
Institutional Arrangements and the Clearing House Mechanism
… Secretariat to the Protocol. At the national level, each party is required to designate a national focal point to be … to submit views on matters under discussion. Each party also has to designate one or more competent national … administrative functions as required by the Protocol. A party may designate a single entity to fulfil the functions …
PIC Chemicals An Introduction to the Chemicals Listed in the Rotterdam Convention that are Subject to the Iinternational Legally-binding Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure
… that are proposed for inclusion in Annex III by any Party that is a developing country or a country with an … without the prior informed consent of the importing Party. Parties and their Designated National Authorities … have been assigned to chemicals listed in Annex III, each Party shall ensure that the shipping document for that …
Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides
… 4 If a member country – generally referred to as a State party – decides not to import a particular chemical or … to all parties [SECRETARIAT] ➤ S T E P 2 ● Importing Party responds regarding future import of each PIC chemical … Parties [SECRETARIAT] ➤ S T E P 3 ● Follow up on importing Party responsibilities [PARTIES] ● Follow up on exporting …