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Biosafety Law, Regulation, Guidelines and Agreements
(LAW)
published: 20 Feb 2004
last updated: 28 Aug 2026
No
Law Concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms (Law No. 97 of 2003)
EN
Law
この法律は、遺伝子組み換え生物の利用を規制する決定決定により、カルタヘナ議決書正確かつ資金な実施を確保することを目的とする。 この法律は、遺伝子
組み換え生物を食用、飼料その他の目的で利用すること、栽培その他の育成、加工、保管、輸送廃棄、これらに付随するその他の行為に適用される。
組み換え生物を食用、飼料その他の目的で利用すること、栽培その他の育成、加工、保管、輸送廃棄、これらに付随するその他の行為に適用される。
19 Feb 2004
1.As of enforcement of above Law, the following three guidelines for ensuring safety use of LMOs were lapsed.
(a) Guidelines for Application of Recombinant DNA Organisms in Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Food Industry and Other Related Industries;
(b) Guidelines for Industrial Application of Recombinant DNA Technology;
(c) Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Experiments;
LMO being used upon enforcement of the Law is, for 6 months from the date of enforcement, regarded as having obtained approval under the Law (see Article 2, Supplementary Provisions of the Law)
2.Following the adoption of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2010, Japan amended the Law Concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms in order to implement the Supplementary Protocol domestically. The amendment introduced a system under which the competent authority may order measures necessary to restore damage to biodiversity caused by the use of living modified organisms.
The amended law entered into force on 5 March 2018.
(a) Guidelines for Application of Recombinant DNA Organisms in Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Food Industry and Other Related Industries;
(b) Guidelines for Industrial Application of Recombinant DNA Technology;
(c) Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Experiments;
LMO being used upon enforcement of the Law is, for 6 months from the date of enforcement, regarded as having obtained approval under the Law (see Article 2, Supplementary Provisions of the Law)
2.Following the adoption of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2010, Japan amended the Law Concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms in order to implement the Supplementary Protocol domestically. The amendment introduced a system under which the competent authority may order measures necessary to restore damage to biodiversity caused by the use of living modified organisms.
The amended law entered into force on 5 March 2018.
