NATIONAL COORDINATION CENTRE ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT-SHARING

Checkpoint for monitoring the utilization of genetic resources of the Republic of Belarus

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 was developed to realize the 3rd Objective of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity – the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. The Nagoya Protocol is a flexible instrument allowing each country to choose for its national legislation the most appropriate option of a legal framework.

Alongside, there are a number of terms to be complied by the country-Parties to the Nagoya Protocol during the transfer of genetic resources (genetic material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin, containing functional units of heredity and of an actual or potential value):

Grant and obtain access based on the prior informed consent (PIC) of the Party providing genetic resources issued by the Competent National Authority (CNA).

Conclude mutually agreed terms (MAT) of the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of provided genetic resources, as well as their subsequent uses and commercialization, between the provider country and the user country in the form of particular provisions in the contract or agreement on collaboration.

Ensure that a Competent National Authority of the provider Country issues at the moment of access of a permit or an equivalent document as a form of evidence of the decision made to grant PIC and conclude MAT (hereinafter – “the Permit”).

Inform the ABS Clearing-House for the Convention on Biological Diversity about the transfer of genetic resources by entering the related information to the Database.

Nagoya Protocol Glossary

30 June 2023
The transfer of tomato seeds by the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, to the Horticultural Research Institute “Liliana Dimitrova” (the Republic of Cuba) for scientific research.

The Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, has transferred the seeds of the following tomato varieties (Solanum Lycopersicum):  Zorka Garant Chirok Bercut Tamara Irma Redgrant Divident Spazhitak Istochnik Zvezdopad Agreement Cuba-Belarus Agreement TGR001 IRCC

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17 April 2023
The Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, has transferred 6 honey bee populations to the Federal State Budgetary Higher Educational Institution “Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmullah” (FSBHEI “BSPU named after M. Akmullah”)

·        No. 97, 98 (Galuby village, Masty District, Grodno Region) ·        No. 105, 107, 109 (Naust village, Iwye District, Grodno Region) ·        No. 127 (National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”) Разрешение Минприроды Договор ИГЦ-Башк ГПУ – 10-04-2023-Ru-En-signed IRCC

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20 May 2020
Transfer of wild-growing common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) to the company “SEPPIC”, France

ABS agreement Belarus SEPPIC sign Application form ABS – Wild blueberry IRCC – FRANCE-SEPPIC PIC-SEPPIC 07-05-2020

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The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing is the main global mechanism to regulate the access and utilization of biological resources. The agreement entered into force nearly five years ago, on October 12, 2014, as a supplement to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity Today, 118 countries are a contracting party to the Protocol. The volume of national […]

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31 October 2019
Access to Genetic Resources of the Republic of Belarus. Access Сircuitry.

APPLYING TO ABS NCC
APPLYING FOR PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT
PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT ISSUANCE
CONCLUSION OF MUTUALLY AGREED TERMS
APPLYING FOR A PERMIT
PERMIT ISSUANCE
INFORMING THE ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING CLEARING-HOUSE
IRCC (INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE) GENERATION
IRCC ISSUANCE

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BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY GENETIC RESOURCES TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE BIOSAFETY. DICTIONARY

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