Regional or National Measures

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

ABS Measures

Main ABS Elements

ABS Element

Official Title of the Measure
Description	Relevant articles and sections

Competent National Authority

Ley de Diversidad Biológica
	Art. 20-21
Norms regarding the coordination of competences for processing contracts on access to genetic resources, of 23 August 2001.
Creation of the Commission on Access to Genetic Resources	Sec. 2

Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedures

Ley de Diversidad Biológica
Access contracts	Art. 72-74

Mutually Agreed Terms (MATs)

Compliance Mechanisms

Ley de Diversidad Biológica
Sanctions	Art. 116, 118-119

Traditional Knowledge Associated to Genetic Resources

Ley de Diversidad Biológica
	Art. 13, 39, 43, 82, 85
Ley de Patrimonio Cultural de los Pueblos y Comunidades Indígenas, No 39.115
General recognition of indigenous rights over their traditional knowledge	Art. 4
PIC	Art. 18
Traditional knowledge associated to genetic resources can not be subject of Intellectual Property Rights	Art. 7
Ley Orgánica de Pueblos y Comunidades Indígenas of 27 December 2005.
Benefit-sharing	Art. 57
Content of access agreements mutually agreed	Art. 17
Recognisition of indigenous rights	Sec. 1
Requirements for obtaining indigenous communities' PIC	Art. 11-19
Sustainable use of genetic ressources and associated traditional knowledge	Art. 102

Other

Ley de Diversidad Biológica
Exception for universities and national research institutions (access)	Art. 74 (6)
Patents and intellectual property rights	Art. 79
Revision of patents and IP based on genetic resources outside of the country	Art. 83

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