Section 2: Main Rules to Protection of the Genetic Resources



1. The legal sources utilised for the purpose of the Report are listed below:



1.1.International Legal framework



·      International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

·      Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

·      International Convention on Biological Diversity

·      Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and
Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (Nagoya Protocol)

·      C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989-Convention
concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
(Note: Date of coming into force: 05:09:1991); Convention: C169;
Place: Geneva; Session of the Conference: 76; Date of adoption:
27.06.1989

·      United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(UNDRIP) General Assembly _13 September 2007

·      General Comment No. 17 (2005) _United Nations document under
the following symbol number: E/C.12/GC/17 (12 January 2006). The Right
of Everyone to Benefit from the Protection of the Moral and Material
Interests Resulting from any Scientific, Literary or Artistic
Production of Which he or she is the Author

·      Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPr t

·      UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage (ICH)

·      United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

·      Codex Alimentarius Commission and on sanitary control of the vegetables

·      Constitution of the World Fund for the Diversity of Cultures FAO

·      International convention of Phytosanitary Protection of the FAO

·      Procedure for genetic banks Plant Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture (voluntary) FAO

·      WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures (SPS Agreement)

·      Permanent sovereign over Natural Resources UNGA Res. 1803
(XVII), U.N. Doc. A/5217 (1962)

·      Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment Stockholm, 16 June 1972

·      Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Rio de Janeiro,
14 June 1992

·      Bonn Guidelines- Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources
and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their
Utilization, 2002



1.2. European Union legal framework



·      Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 16 April 2014 on compliance measures for users from the
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and
Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the
Union Text with EEA relevance

·      Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1866 of 13 October
2015 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation
(EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the register of collections, monitoring user compliance and
best practices.

·      Council Decision 93/626/EEC of 25 October 1993 concerning the
conclusion of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

·      Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/941 of 20 December 1993 on the
Community trade mark.

·       Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the
protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade
therein.

·      Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental
information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC.

·      Regulation (EC) n. 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant
variety rights.

·      Regulation (EC) n. 1238/95 of 31 May 1995 that establishes
rules for the application of the fees payable to the Community Plant
Variety.

·       Regulation (EC) n. 1768/95 of 24 July 1995 for implementing
rules on the agricultural exemption built the system for the
protection of plant variety rights established by the European Union.

·      Council Decision 2004/869/EC of 24 February 2004 concerning the
conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

·       Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health
and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC.

·       Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 16 April 2014 on compliance measures for users from the
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and
Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the
Union.

·       Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1866 of 13
October 2015 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of
Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards the register of collections, monitoring user
compliance and best practices.



1.3. Before Consortium National framework



·      Instrumento de Ratificación del Protocolo de Nagoya sobre
acceso a los recursos genéticos y participación justa y equitativa en
los beneficios que se deriven de su utilización al Convenio sobre la
Diversidad Biológica, hecho en Nagoya el 29 de octubre de 2010. N.
8817 20 de agosto de 2014 (Spain).

·      N. 359 Projet De Loi Adopté Par L'assemblée Nationale, pour la
reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages, 25 mars
2015 (France).

·      Decreto Promulgatorio del Protocolo de Nagoya sobre Acceso a
los Recursos Gennrsos  y Participaciac Justa y Equitativa en los
Beneficios que se Deriven de su Utilizaciic al Convenio sobre la
Diversidad Biollsida, adoptado en Nagoya el veintinueve de octubre de
dos mil diez . DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federacied 2014.10.10
(Mexico).

·      Political ConstituciCo from 2011 (Mexico)

·      General Act of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection
(LGEEPA) (Mexico)

·      Law N l Act of Ecological Balance and Conservacit  y
Aprovechamiento Sostenible de la Diversidad Biollsida y sus components
(Argentina)

·      Resolution N Argenti2007  SECRETARIA DE AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
SUSTENTABLE ApruAMBIEN los "Lineamientos o directrices sobre acceso a
los recursos gennrsos  y participaciac justa y equitativa en los
beneficios derivados de su utilizaciic” (Argentina)

·      Constitution of Republic of Chile, 1980 (Chile)

·      Law N° 24 of 2000 on protection of plant varieties is only
related intellectual property rights over new variety of plants and
does not referring to Access (Jordan)

·      Constitution of Lebanon. Related normative is the Lebanese
Constitution, date since 1926. It was amendments up to September 4,
2004 (Article 49 of Chapter IV, relating to the Executive Power for
the last amendment) (Leban)

·      World Fund Constitution for Diversity of Cultures (Morocco)

·      Political Constitucionsfrom 2011 (Morocco)

·      Loi 11 - 03 I promulgated by Dahir N º 1 - 03 - 59 of May 12
2003, on Protection and development in value of  the environment
(Morocco)

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