An Explanatory Guide To The Cartagena Protocol On Biosafety: IUCN Environmental Law Paper No. 46

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of abbreviations......Page 12
List of short titles of international instruments......Page 13
Structure and purpose of this Guide......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Preamble......Page 39
Article 1 Objective......Page 45
Article 2 General provisions......Page 49
Article 3 Use of terms......Page 54
Article 4 Scope......Page 65
Article 5 Pharmaceuticals......Page 67
Article 6 Transit and contained use......Page 70
Article 7 Application of the Advance Informed Agreement procedure......Page 73
Article 8 Notification......Page 81
Article 9 Acknowledgement of receipt of notification......Page 84
Article 10 Decision procedure......Page 87
Article 11 Procedure for living modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing......Page 93
Article 12 Review of decisions......Page 100
Article 13 Simplified procedure......Page 103
Article 14 Bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements and arrangements......Page 104
General introduction to Articles 15–16 and Annex III......Page 109
Article 15 Risk assessment......Page 110
Article 16 Risk management......Page 114
Article 17 Unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures......Page 118
Article 18 Handling, transport, packaging and identification......Page 125
Article 19 Competent national authorities and national focal points......Page 131
Article 20 Information-sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House......Page 133
Article 21 Confidential information......Page 139
Article 22 Capacity-building......Page 144
Article 23 Public awareness and participation......Page 149
Article 24 Non-Parties......Page 153
Article 25 Illegal transboundary movements......Page 158
Article 26 Socio-economic considerations......Page 161
Article 27 Liability and redress......Page 164
General introduction to Articles 28–31......Page 168
Article 28 Financial mechanism and resources......Page 169
Article 29 Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol......Page 175
Article 30 Subsidiary bodies......Page 181
Article 31 Secretariat......Page 183
Article 32 Relationship with the CBD......Page 185
Article 33 Monitoring and reporting......Page 186
Article 34 Compliance......Page 187
Article 35 Assessment and review......Page 191
Article 36 Signature......Page 192
Article 37 Entry into force......Page 193
Article 38 Reservations......Page 194
Article 39 Withdrawal......Page 195
Article 40 Authentic texts......Page 196
Annex I Information required in notifications under Articles 8, 10 and 13......Page 197
Annex II Information required concerning living modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for proces......Page 203
Annex III Risk assessment......Page 205
Appendix The Cartagena Protocol and the World Trade Organization......Page 212
Bibliography......Page 228
Supplementary materials......Page 229
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity......Page 230
Convention on Biological Diversity......Page 247
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Decision II/5......Page 264
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Decision EM-I/3 1......Page 267
Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol: Recommendation 3/5, Annex III, Implementation tool kit 1......Page 269
Index......Page 273