The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety About the Protocol Background Text of the ProtocolParties & SignatoriesMeetings & Documents Parties List of Parties National Focal PointsCompetent National AuthoritiesNational ReportsStatus of ContributionsCountry Profiles COP-MOP COP-MOP Decisions COP-MOP BureauCOP-MOP MeetingsCOP-MOP 5 Issues Capacity Building ComplianceFinancial MechanismHandling, Transport, Packaging and IdentificationLiability and RedressMonitoring and ReportingRisk Assessment and ManagementRoster of ExpertsOther Issues BCH Background Mode of OperationHow the BCH worksBCH-IAC Further Resources Frequently Asked Questions Media and Outreach5th Anniversary of the Protocol Cartagena Protocol // Summary Thursday // 1.8.2009 Summary of the outcomes of COP-MOP 2 Rules of procedure for meetings of the Compliance Committee (Decision BS-II/1)Operations and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House (Decision BS-II/2)Status of capacity building activities (Decision BS-II/3) Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources (Decision BS-II/5)Cooperation with other organizations, conventions and initiatives (Decision BS-II/6) Options for implementation of Article 8 (Decision BS-II/8) Risk assessment and risk management (Decision BS-II/9)Handling, transport, packaging and Identification (Article 18) Socio-economic considerations (Decision BS-II/12) Public awareness and participation (Decision BS-II/13)Date and venue for the third meeting of the COP-MOP 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.
Cartagena Protocol // Summary Thursday // 1.8.2009 Summary of the outcomes of COP-MOP 2 Rules of procedure for meetings of the Compliance Committee (Decision BS-II/1)Operations and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House (Decision BS-II/2)Status of capacity building activities (Decision BS-II/3) Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources (Decision BS-II/5)Cooperation with other organizations, conventions and initiatives (Decision BS-II/6) Options for implementation of Article 8 (Decision BS-II/8) Risk assessment and risk management (Decision BS-II/9)Handling, transport, packaging and Identification (Article 18) Socio-economic considerations (Decision BS-II/12) Public awareness and participation (Decision BS-II/13)Date and venue for the third meeting of the COP-MOP 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.
