Notification 2023-109

Dear Madam/Sir, In decision CP-10/13, Parties to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress were requested and other Governments were invited to submit information to the Executive Secretary on measures they have in place to provide for financial security for damage from living modified organisms, in particular where they have reported having such measures in place in their fourth national reports. Against this background, I invite you to submit information on measures in place in your country or jurisdiction to provide for financial security for damage from living modified organisms. The information should be submitted no later than 30 November 2023 through the BCH using the Submission (SUB) common format accessible at the following link: https://bch.cbd.int/en/register/SUB/new. The submission should include a signed endorsement by the national focal point for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Full instructions on how to upload submissions are provided at: https://bch.cbd.int/nkl_suppl_protocol/how_to_submit_on_bch-nklsp.docx. The information received will be compiled and submitted for consideration by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol at its eleventh meeting. In preparing your submission, you may wish to consult the study on financial security mechanisms which was welcomed in decision CP-10/13. The executive summary of the study is available in the six official languages of the United Nations in the annex to document CBD/CP/MOP/10/9, available at https://www.cbd.int/meetings/CP-MOP-10. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support for the work of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Please accept, Sir, Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Acting Executive Secretary

To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)