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Friday, January 09, 2009

Index of National Access Regimes and Status of CBD Implementation

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CBD Signatory Country Legislation Summary Web Site

Republic of Korea Article 15 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is now preparing the draft regulations for the Environmental Safety Assessment of GM derived agricultural products including seed, grain, microbes, animal feed and feed additives in Korea.
Article 16 - No access legislation.
Article 19 - No access legislation.
(Updated May 2001)
http://www.biodiv.org/ doc/world/kr/ kr-nr-02-en.pdf

Republic of Moldova No access legislation.
(Updated June 2001)
http://bsapm.dnt.md/ Oficiu_biodiv/Oficiul_ Biodiversitate.htm

Romania Article 16 -The Ministry of Industry promotes projects within international programs such as Ecolinks/USAID and LIFE/EU in order to facilitate the exchange of information and access to biotechnology.
Article 19 - Law No. 49 of January 2000 regulates the use of GMOs, and methods for risk assessment (Annex 12); the Law follows the text of the Biosafety Protocol of the CBD.The Biosafety Committee, established in March 2000, has members from the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, and Health, as well as the Authority of Consumers.
(Updated May 2001)
http://www.biodiv.org/ doc/world/ro/ ro-nr-02-en.pdf

Russian Federation No information.
(Updated 1997)
http://www.biodiv.org/ doc/world/ru/ ru-nr-01-en.pdf (Russian)

Rwanda No information.
(Updated January 1998)
http://www.biodiv.org/ doc/world/rw/ rw-nr-01-fr.pdf (French)

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