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[ Ministry of Agriculture Faculty of Sciences Institute of Agrarian Development Central Agricultural Laboratory Phytogenetic Resource Center General Tax Administration ]
EN
04 Mar 2021
30 Sep 2022
Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Yes
EN
Article 2 – General provisions
Article 2 requires each Party to take the necessary and appropriate legal, administrative and other measures to implement its obligations under the Protocol
National measures are partially in place
EN
Other laws, regulations or guidelines that indirectly apply to biosafety
Yes
EN
Organizing outreach workshops, and introducing Biosafety issues into the National Biodiversity Strategy.
EN
No
EN
Yes
EN
1 to 4
EN
No
EN
Legislation and regulations are still missing, but we intend to start working on them before the next report.
EN
Article 5 - Pharmaceuticals
No
EN
Legislation and regulations are still missing, but we intend to start working on them before the next report.
EN
Article 6 – Transit and Contained use
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
Legislation and regulations are still missing, but we intend to start working on them before the next report.
EN
Articles 7 to 10 – Advance Informed Agreement (AIA) and intentional introduction of LMOs into the environment
No
EN
Not applicable (Party currently not exporting LMOs)
EN
Yes
EN
In some cases only
EN
No
EN
In some cases only
EN
No
EN
No
EN
Legislation and regulations are still missing, but we intend to start working on them before the next report.
EN
Article 11 – Procedure for living modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (LMOs-FFP)
No
EN
No
EN
None
EN
No
EN
None
EN
We currently have a draft regulation that is in the compilation phase of contributions.
EN
Article 12 – Review of decision
No
EN
No
EN
As part of the process of creating the national biosafety legislation that we intend to implement, it will be important to include the possibility of reviewing decisions.
EN
Article 13 – Simplified procedure
No
EN
No
EN
When we have all regulations regarding the transboundary movement of living modified organisms, we will take into account that the procedure is simplified
EN
Article 14 – Bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements and arrangements
None
EN
Not yet applicable
EN
Articles 15 & 16 – Risk Assessment and Risk Management
No
EN
No
EN
1 to 9
EN
No
EN
1 to 9
EN
No
EN
1 to 9
EN
No
EN
No
EN
Yes
EN
institutional capacity building and regulation
EN
Yes
EN
Yes
EN
Yes
EN
Yes
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
Yes, to some extent
EN
We are working on a project about this, but we lack the legislation to solidify
EN
Yes
EN
The country has implemented a human and institutional capacity building project and is now working on creating regulations and strategies so that we can put the national structure to work.
EN
Article 17 – Unintentional transboundary movements2 and emergency measures
2 In accordance with the operational definition adopted in decision CP-VIII/16, “‘Unintentional transboundary movement’ is a transboundary movement of a living modified organism that has inadvertently crossed the national borders of a Party where the living modified organism was released, and the requirements of Article 17 of the Protocol apply to such transboundary movements only if the living modified organism involved is likely to have significant adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, in the affected or potentially affected States.”
No
EN
None
EN
Yes
EN
None
EN
Not yet applicable
EN
Article 18 – Handling, transport, packaging and identification
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
Yes, to some extent
EN
Very little
EN
1 to 9
EN
No
EN
No
EN
1 to 9
EN
No
EN
No
EN
None
EN
It is not being implemented yet, but we are very close to starting. ]
EN
Article 19 – Competent National Authorities and National Focal Points
Not applicable (only one competent national authority was designated)
EN
Yes
EN
No
EN
Angola has appointed its focal point for the Cartagena Protocol, has identified the relevant sectors and is working on the creation of the National Structure on biosafety
EN
Article 20 – Information Sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information available and in the BCH
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Information not available
EN
Yes
EN
Yes
EN
Not applicable (no decisions were taken)
EN
No
EN
1 to 4
EN
1 to 9
EN
We have already had 3 trainings on how to manage the BCH platform, we are more familiar with it than before, we need to be constant in using it to know how to use it definitively. We need to participate more institutions relevant to the protocol so that more data can be shared.
EN
Article 21 – Confidential information
Yes
EN
No
EN
Any and all information relating to the Protocol is managed confidentially
EN
Article 22 – Capacity-building
Yes, to some extent
EN
Some, but not enough
EN
Yes
EN
Bilateral channels
Regional channels
No
EN
Yes
EN
We implemented an institutional and human capacity building project financed by the GEF; We had training in managing the BCH platform financed by the GEF.
EN
Easy
EN
Yes
EN
Risk assessment and other scientific and technical expertise
Technology transfer
Identification of LMOs, including their detection
Yes
EN
Yes
EN
Institutional capacity and human resources
Integration of biosafety in cross-sectoral and sectoral legislation, policies and institutions (mainstreaming biosafety)
Risk assessment and other scientific and technical expertise
Risk management
Information exchange and data management including participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House
Scientific, technical and institutional collaboration at subregional, regional and international levels
Technology transfer
Sampling, detection and identification of LMOs
Implementation of the documentation requirements for handling, transport, packaging and identification
Measures to address unintentional and/or illegal transboundary movements of LMOs
Scientific biosafety research relating to LMOs
No
EN
Yes
EN
Training is the key point in implementing the Cartagena Protocol in our country. There is a very small number of experts in the area and the more we can train institutions or technicians, the chances of success in implementing the protocol will multiply.
EN
Article 23 – Public awareness and participation
No
EN
No
EN
Yes, to some extent
EN
The training of some sectors involved in managing the bch platform is a step towards beginning to have access to this information. But we intend to create a national platform for this as well
EN
Yes
EN
A draft
EN
Yes
EN
A draft
EN
No
EN
None
EN
None
EN
Yes, to some extent
EN
By National workshops
EN
Yes, to some extent
EN
By National workshops
EN
1 to 4
EN
Yes
EN
We know that we need to work more on publicity and public awareness, but we have already taken long steps with workshops, interviews on national television, articles in the newspaper, meetings at universities. Little by little we have started to publicize the importance of implementing the protocol in the country.
EN
Article 24 – Non-Parties
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
Not yet applicable
EN
Article 25 – Illegal transboundary movements3
3In accordance with the operational definition adopted in decision CP VIII/16, “‘Illegal transboundary movement’ is a transboundary movement of living modified organisms carried out in contravention of the domestic measures to implement the Protocol that have been adopted by the Party concerned”.
No
EN
None
EN
Not yet applicable
EN
Article 26 – Socio-economic considerations
No
EN
Not applicable (no decisions were taken)
EN
None
EN
No
EN
Not yet applicable
EN
Article 28 – Financial Mechanism and Resources
5,000 to 49,999 USD
EN
Article 33 – Monitoring and reporting
Article 33 requires Parties to monitor the implementation of its obligations under the Cartagena Protocol and to report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on measures taken to implement the Protocol
Yes
EN
Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol that are not yet Party to the Supplementary Protocol are also invited to respond to the questions below
No
EN
Yes
EN
Only draft measures exist
EN
No instruments are in place
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
EN
No
Not yet applicable
EN
Other information
The lack of national legislation to serve as a basis and the limited resources to implement a large-scale project at national level that includes the creation of legislation.
