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Access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation (Nagoya Protocol)
Access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation (Nagoya Protocol)
Access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation (Nagoya Protocol)
By approving the protocol on 16 May 2014, the EU contributed to the required 50 ratifications worldwide which enabled the Nagoya Protocol to come into force on 12 October 2014. As a result, the first meeting of the parties to the protocol (COP-MOP 1) took place at the biennial high-level meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from 13-17 October 2014 in South Korea, at the same time as the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP 12).
Access and benefit sharing
Regulation (EU) No 511/2014, the access and benefit sharing regulation (ABS Regulation), which implements the compliance measures of the Nagoya Protocol at the EU level, entered into force on 9 June 2014 and has applied since the Nagoya Protocol itself entered into force for the EU, on 12 October 2014.
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1866 contains measures on specific aspects provided for in the ABS Regulation, in particular registered collections, best practices and monitoring of user compliance. It was adopted by the European Commission on 13 October 2015, and entered into force on 9 November 2015.
The protocol entered into force on 12 October 2014, 90 days after the date of deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification.
For more information, see:
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, pp. 234-249)
Council Decision 2014/283/EU of 14 April 2014 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, pp. 231-233)
Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, pp. 59-71)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1866 of 13 October 2015 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the register of collections, monitoring user compliance and best practices (OJ L 275, 20.10.2015, pp. 4-19)
last update 20.11.2020