Options for implementation of Article 8 (Decision BS-II/8)
COP-MOP decided to keep the issue of notification under review with a view to elaborating and developing implementation modalities of notification requirements at COP-MOP 4, if appropriate. This process will take into account the information on national implementation and experiences included in the interim national reports, due by 11 September 2005. COP-MOP also recommended that Parties consider: applying necessary measures to enforce the notification requirements; requiring the exporter to use in the notification the language determined by the Party of import; and acknowledging the right of a Party of transit to regulate the transport of living modified organisms (LMOs) through its territory, including requiring communication in writing to the competent national authority of the Party of transit, if so required by its regulations.
