2019-2022 Intersessional Period

Submissions on Article 4, paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol pursuant to decision NP-3/14

In decision NP-3/14, paragraph 2, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol invited Parties and other Governments to submit:

  • Information on how specialized international access and benefit-sharing instruments are addressed in their domestic measures;
  • Views on the potential criteria contained in the study (summarized in the Annex to decision NP-3/14), taking into account Article 4, paragraphs 1 to 3, of the Protocol.

The Secretariat invited the submission of views and information further to decision NP-3/14 through notification 2019-025. The submissions received by the Secretariat in response are available below.

The submissions received by the Secretariat are listed in alphabetical order:

Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

Submission byreceived
European Union and its Member States2 September 2019
Japan7 August 2019
Norway30 September 2019
Switzerland26 August 2019

Other governments

Submission byreceived
Canada2 August 2019
New Zealand11 September 2019

Organizations and stakeholders

Submission byreceived
African Union27 September 2019