Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | BCH-NR4-BO-277939 | Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

General Information

Country

Contact person submitting the report

- Person: Sr. Rafael Adolfo Murillo Garcia | BCH-CON-BO-277938-1

Person:

Sr. Rafael Adolfo Murillo Garcia

,
, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Phone:

Fax:

Email: rafael.murillo@mmaya.gob.bo,

Website:

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9. Organizations/stakeholders who were consulted or participated in the preparation of this report

Universidad Mayor de San Andrés - La Paz; Universidad Mayor de San Simón - Cbba; Universidad San Francisco Xavier - Chuquisaca

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10. Time period covered by this report

From

30 Sep 2020

To

30 Sep 2022

Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11. Is your country a Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB)?

Yes

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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

14. Has your country introduced the necessary national measures for the implementation of the Protocol?

National measures are partially in place

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15. Which specific instruments are in place for the implementation of national biosafety measures? (select all that apply)

One or more national biosafety regulations

16. Has your country undertaken initiatives to mainstream biosafety into national biodiversity strategies and action plans, other policies, or legislation?

Yes

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Se ha implementado la Política y Estrategia Plurinacional para la Gestión Integral y Sustentable de la Biodiversidad Plan de Acción del 2019 - 2030

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17. Has your country established a mechanism for budget allocations for the operation of its national biosafety measures?

Yes, to some extent

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ES INSUFICIENTE PARA LAS ACTIVIDADES A REALIZAR EN EL MARCO DEL PROTOCOLO DE CARTAGENA

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18. Does your country have permanent staff to administer functions directly related to biosafety?

Yes

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19. If you answered Yes to question 18, how many permanent staff members are in place whose functions are directly related to biosafety ?

1 to 4

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Is this number adequate

No

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20. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 2 in your country

Para la implementación del Protocolo de Cartagena también se tiene el COMITÉ NACIONAL DE BIOSEGURIDAD su funciones es la de realizar la evaluación de riesgo de nuevos eventos de OGMs

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Article 5 - Pharmaceuticals

21. Does your country regulate the transboundary movement, handling or use of living modified organisms (LMOs) which are pharmaceuticals to humans?

No

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22. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 5 in your country

Article 6 – Transit and Contained use

23. Does your country regulate the transit of LMOs?

Yes, to some extent

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EN COORDINACIÓN CON EL INIAF, LA ADUANA Y SENASAG

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24. Does your country regulate the contained use of LMOs?

Yes

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25. Has your country taken a decision concerning the import of LMOs for contained use?

No

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26. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 6 in your country

EL CONTROL DE OGMS EN FRONTERA SE REALIZA A TRAVES DE INSTITUCIONES COMO LA ADUANA, EL INIAF PARA LA CERTIFICACION DE SEMILLAS Y EL SENASAG REALIZA EL CONTROL FITOSANITARIO

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Articles 7 to 10 – Advance Informed Agreement (AIA) and intentional introduction of LMOs into the environment

27. Has your country established legal requirements for exporters under its jurisdiction to notify in writing the competent national authority of the Party of import prior to the intentional transboundary movement of an LMO that falls within the scope of the AIA procedure?

No

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28. When acting as the Party of export, has your country established legal requirements for the accuracy of information contained in the notification provided by the exporter?

Not applicable (Party currently not exporting LMOs)

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29. In the current reporting period, has your country received a notification regarding intentional transboundary movements of LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment?

No

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30. If you answered Yes to question 29, did the notification(s) contain complete information (at a minimum the information specified in Annex I to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)?

31. If you answered Yes to question 29, has your country acknowledged receipt of the notification(s) to the notifier within ninety days of receipt?

32. If you answered Yes to question 29, has your country informed of its decision(s)

a. The notifier?

b. The Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)?

33. In the current reporting period, has your country taken a decision in response to the notification(s) regarding intentional transboundary movements of LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment?

Yes

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34. If you answered Yes to question 33, how many LMOs has your country approved for import for intentional introduction into the environment?

1 to 4

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35. If you answered under question 34 that LMOs were approved, have all these LMOs actually been imported into your country?

Yes, always

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36. If you answered Yes to question 33, what percentage of your country’s decisions fall into the following categories? (select all that apply)

Approval of the import/use of the LMO(s) without conditions (60)

37. If you answered under question 36 that your country has taken a decision to approve the import with conditions or to prohibit the import, were the reasons provided?

38. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Articles 7 to 10 in your country, including measures in case of lack of scientific certainty on potential adverse effects of LMOs for intentional introduction to the environment

Todo el control en frontera se realiza a partir de la ADUANA, quien da el permiso para control en frontera de material que no es OGMs, además de cumplir los requisitos para la entrada legal de semillas.

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Article 11 – Procedure for living modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (LMOs-FFP)

39. Does your country have law(s), regulation(s) or administrative measures for decision-making regarding domestic use, including placing on the market, of LMOs that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for processing?

No

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40. Has your country established legal requirements for the accuracy of information to be provided by the applicant regarding the domestic use, including placing on the market, of LMOs that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for processing?

Yes, to some extent

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41. In the current reporting period, how many decisions has your country taken regarding domestic use, including placing on the market, of LMOs that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for processing?

1 to 4

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42. Does your country have law(s), regulation(s) or administrative measures for decision-making regarding the import of LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing?

Yes

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43. In the current reporting period, how many decisions has your country taken regarding the import of LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing?

1 to 4

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44. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 11 in your country, including measures in case of lack of scientific certainty on potential adverse effects of LMOs that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for processing

No se tienen medidas específicas al respecto, los mismos deben ser desarrollados todavía en coordinación con las instancias respectivas, por otra parte, es necesario realizar estudios con OGMs para tener certidumbre científica de los posibles daños que pueden ocasionar los OGMs.

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Article 12 – Review of decision

45. Has your country established a mechanism for the review and change of a decision regarding an intentional transboundary movement of LMOs?

No

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46. In the current reporting period, has your country reviewed and/or changed a decision regarding an intentional transboundary movement of an LMO?

No

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47. If you answered Yes to question 46, how many decisions were reviewed and/or changed?

48. If you answered Yes to question 46, were any of the reviews triggered by a request from the Party of export or the notifier?

49. If you answered Yes to question 48, did your country provide a response within ninety days setting out the reasons for the decision?

50. If you answered Yes to question 46, were any of the reviews initiated by your country as the Party of import?

51. If you answered Yes to question 50, did your country, within thirty days, set out the reasons for the decision and inform

a. The notifier

b. The BCH?

52. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 12 in your country

Sin dato

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Article 13 – Simplified procedure

53. Has your country established a mechanism for the application of the simplified procedure regarding an intentional transboundary movement of LMOs?

No

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54. In the current reporting period, has your country applied the simplified procedure?

No

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55. If you answered Yes to question 54, for how many LMOs has your country applied the simplified procedure?

56. If you answered Yes to question 54, has your country informed the Parties through the BCH of the cases where the simplified procedure was applied?

57. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 13 in your country

Article 14 – Bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements and arrangements

58. How many bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements or arrangements relevant to biosafety has your country established with other Parties/non-Parties?

None

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59. If you answered under question 58 that agreements or arrangements were established, please provide a brief description of their scope and objective

60. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 14 in your country

Articles 15 & 16 – Risk Assessment and Risk Management

61. Does the domestic regulatory framework of your country require risk assessments of LMOs to be conducted?

Yes

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62. If you answered Yes to question 61, with regard to which LMOs does the requirement apply (select all that apply)?

For imports of LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment
For imports of LMOs intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing
For decisions regarding domestic use, including placing on the market, of LMOs that may be subject to transboundary movements for direct use as food or feed, or for processing
For imports of LMOs for contained use

63. Has your country established a mechanism to conduct risk assessments prior to taking decisions regarding LMOs?

No

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64. If you answered Yes to question 63, does the mechanism include procedures to identify and/or train national experts to conduct risk assessments?

Capacity-building in risk assessment or risk management

65. How many people in your country have been trained in risk assessment, risk management and monitoring of LMOs?

a. Risk assessment

None

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Is this number adequate

b. Risk management

None

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Is this number adequate

c. Monitoring

None

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Is this number adequate

66. Is your country using training material and/or technical guidance for training in risk assessment and risk management of LMOs?

No

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67. If you answered Yes to question 66, is your country using the “Manual on Risk Assessment of LMOs” (developed by the CBD Secretariat) for training in risk assessment?

No

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68. If you answered Yes to question 66, is your country using the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of LMOs” (developed by the Online Forum and the AHTEG on Risk Assessment and Risk Management) for training in risk assessment?

No

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69. Does your country have specific needs for further guidance on specific topics of risk assessment of LMOs?

Yes

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Se requiere mayor capacitación en temas de evaluación de riesgos.

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70. Does your country have the capacity to detect, identify, assess the risk of and/or monitor living modified organisms or specific traits that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking into account risks to human health?

a. Detect

No

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b. Identify

No

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c. Assess the risk

No

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d. Monitor

No

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Conducting risk assessment or risk management

71. Has your country adopted or used any guidance documents for the purpose of conducting risk assessment or risk management, or for evaluating risk assessment reports submitted by notifiers?

a. Risk assessment

No

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b. Risk management

No

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72. If you answered Yes to question 71, is your country using the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of LMOs” (developed by the Online Forum and the AHTEG on Risk Assessment and Risk Management) for conducting risk assessment or risk management, or for evaluating risk assessment reports submitted by notifiers?

No

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73. Has your country adopted common approaches or methodologies to risk assessment in coordination with other countries?

No

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74. Has your country cooperated with other Parties with a view to identifying LMOs or specific traits that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity?

No

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75. In the current reporting period, has your country conducted any kind of risk assessment of LMOs, including for contained use, field trials, commercial purposes, direct use as food, feed, or for processing?

No

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76. If you answered Yes to question 75, how many risk assessments were conducted?

77. If you answered Yes to question 75, please indicate the scope of the risk assessments (select all that apply)

78. If you answered Yes to question 75, were risk assessments conducted for all decisions taken on LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment or on domestic use of LMOs that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for processing?

No

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79. Has your country established appropriate mechanisms, measures and strategies to regulate and manage risks identified in the risk assessment of LMOs?

No

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80. Has your country taken appropriate measures to prevent unintentional transboundary movements of LMOs, including such measures as requiring a risk assessment to be carried out prior to the first release of a LMO?

No

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81. Has your country taken measures to ensure that any LMO, whether imported or locally developed, undergoes an appropriate period of observation that is commensurate with its life-cycle or generation time before it is put to its intended use?

Yes, to some extent

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SE REALIZARA LA EVALUACION DE RIESGO PARA SOYA HB4 DURANTE 3 CAMPAÑAS AGRICOLAS

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82. Has your country established a mechanism for monitoring potential effects of LMOs released into the environment?

No

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83. Does your country have the necessary infrastructure (e.g. laboratory facilities) for monitoring or managing LMOs?

No

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84. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Articles 15 and 16 in your country

Este año 2022, se realizara evaluación de riesgo para la soya HB4 en coordinación con instituciones académicas y científicas.

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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.”

85. Has your country established measures to notify affected or potentially affected States, the Biosafety Clearing-House and, where appropriate, relevant international organizations in case of a release under its jurisdiction that leads, or may lead, to an unintentional transboundary movement?

No

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86. In the current reporting period, how many releases of LMOs occurred under your country’s jurisdiction that led, or may have led, to an unintentional transboundary movement?

None

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87. If you answered under question 86 that a release occurred, has your country notified affected or potentially affected States, the Biosafety Clearing-House and, where appropriate, relevant international organizations?

No

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88. Does your country have the capacity to take appropriate response measures in response to unintentional transboundary movements?

No

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89. In the current reporting period, how many times has your country become aware of an unintentional transboundary movement into its territory?

None

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90. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 17 in your country

Article 18 – Handling, transport, packaging and identification

91. Has your country taken measures to require that LMOs that are subject to transboundary movement are handled, packaged and transported under conditions of safety, taking into account relevant international rules and standards?

No

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92. Has your country taken measures to require that documentation accompanying LMOs-FFP, in cases where the identity of the LMOs is not known, clearly identifies that they may contain LMOs and are not intended for intentional introduction into the environment, as well as a contact point for further information?

No

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93. Has your country taken measures to require that documentation accompanying LMOs-FFP, in cases where the identity of the LMOs is known, clearly identifies that they contain LMOs and are not intended for intentional introduction into the environment, as well as a contact point for further information?

No

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94. If you answered Yes to question(s) 91, 92 and/or 93, what type of documentation accompanying LMOs does your country require?

95. Has your country taken measures to require that documentation accompanying LMOs that are destined for contained use clearly identifies them as LMOs and specifies any requirements for the safe handling, storage, transport and use, the contact point for further information, including the name and address of the individual and institution to whom the LMO are consigned?

No

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96. If you answered Yes to question 95, what type of documentation does your country require for the identification of LMOs that are destined for contained use?

97. Has your country taken measures to require that documentation accompanying LMOs that are intended for intentional introduction into the environment of the Party of import clearly identifies them as living modified organisms; specifies the identity and relevant traits and/or characteristics, any requirements for the safe handling, storage, transport and use, the contact point for further information and, as appropriate, the name and address of the importer and exporter; and contains a declaration that the movement is in conformity with the requirements of this Protocol applicable to the exporter?

Yes, to some extent

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PARA SOLICITAR UN NUEVO EVENTO SE SOLICITA INFORMACIÓN SOBRE OVM SOBRE LOS POSIBLES RIESGOS, POSTERIORMENTE SE REALIZA LA EVALUACION DE RIESGO

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98. If you answered Yes to question 97, what type of documentation does your country require for the identification of LMOs that are intended for intentional introduction into the environment?

99. Does your country have available any guidance for the purpose of ensuring the safe handling, transport, and packaging of living modified organisms?

No

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100. Does your country have the capacity to enforce the requirements of identification and documentation of LMOs?

Yes, to some extent

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ESTAN IMPLEMENTADOS EN CIERTA MEDIDA

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101. How many customs officers in your country have received training in the identification of LMOs?

None

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Is this number adequate

102. Has your country established procedures for the sampling and detection of LMOs?

No

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103. How many laboratory personnel in your country have received training in detection of LMOs?

None

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Is this number adequate

104. Does your country have reliable access to laboratory facilities for the detection of LMOs?

No

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105. How many laboratories in your country are certified for LMO detection?

None

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106. If you answered under question 105 that certified laboratories exist in your country, how many of them are currently operating in the detection of LMOs?

107. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 18 in your country

Article 19 – Competent National Authorities and National Focal Points

108. In case your country has designated more than one competent national authority, has your country established a mechanism for the coordination of their actions prior to taking decisions regarding LMOs?

Not applicable (only one competent national authority was designated)

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109. Has your country established adequate institutional capacity to enable the competent national authority(ies) to perform the administrative functions required by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety?

No

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110. Has your country undertaken initiatives to strengthen collaboration among national focal points, competent national authority(ies) and other institutions on biosafety-related matters?

Yes

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EN BASE A ESTA COORDINACIÓN SE HA ELABORADO LA ESTRATEGIA NACIONAL DE DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA

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111. Here you may provide further details on the implementation of Article 19 in your country

En el Estado plurinacional de Bolivia se ha considerado una sola Autoridad Nacional Competente que es el Viceministerio de Medio Ambiente, Biodiversidad, Cambios Climáticos y de Gestión y Desarrollo Forestal que también asume la presidencia del Comité Nacional de Bioseguridad (CNB) coordina con otras instancias de control como el INIAF y el SENASAG que ve los temas de semillas y también la parte fitosanitaria

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Article 20 – Information Sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)

112. Please provide an overview of the status of the mandatory information provided by your country to the BCH by specifying for each category of information whether it is available and whether it has been submitted to the BCH.

a. Existing legislation, regulations and guidelines for implementing the Protocol, as well as information required by Parties for the advance informed agreement procedure (Article 20, paragraph 3 (a))