Paragraphs 2 (b) and 2 (c) of Article 18
The Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
Recalling
paragraph 2 of decision BS-I/6 B, in which the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol invited Parties, other Governments
and relevant international organizations to submit to the Executive Secretary
information on their experience gained with the use of commercial invoices
or other documents required or utilized by existing documentation systems,
with a view to the future consideration of a stand-alone document,
Considering the information received from Parties, other Governments and relevant
international organizations on their experience gained with the use of commercial
invoices or other documents required or utilized by existing documentation
systems,
1. Takes
note of the efforts, with appreciation, that exporters
of living modified organisms are making to implement the requirements specified
under paragraphs 2 (b) and 2 (c) of Article 18 of the Protocol in accordance
with the provisions of the Protocol as further elaborated by decision BS-I/6 B,
other existing international or national requirements, and established practices;
2. Urges Parties to the Protocol and invite other Governments to take necessary
measures, taking into account their specific capabilities, to make sure that
those requirements of paragraphs 2 (b) and 2 (c) of Article 18 of the Protocol
as elaborated by decision BS-I/6 B are fully complied with;
3. Further
urges Parties,
especially those Parties of import, to make available to the Biosafety Clearing-House
information on their domestic requirements concerning imports of living modified
organisms in general, and documentation requirements in particular, with respect
to living modified organisms for contained use and for intentional introduction
into the environment, as part of the requirement set out in paragraph 3 of
Article 20 of the Protocol for each Party to make available its laws, regulations
and guidelines relevant to the implementation of the Protocol;
4. Without prejudice to the future
consideration of a stand-alone document at its third meeting, decides that
the documentation requirements of Article 18 paragraphs 2 (b) and (c), and
experiences in implementing them, will be considered in the context of the
review of implementation of the Protocol as provided for under Article 35
of the Protocol.
