A.Coverage
Element 1. Geographic
coverage of the Protocol and Protocol's coverage of transboundary
movements of LMOs:
(a)Number of Parties to the
Protocol;
(b)Number of Parties that have
designated national focal points;
(c)Number of Parties submitting
timely national reports on their implementation of the
Protocol;
(d)Number of Parties importing
LMOs from non-Parties;
(e)Number of Parties exporting
LMOs to non-Parties;
(f)Number of Parties that are
developing LMOs in public and research centres.
B.Domestic
implementation of core procedures and annexes
Element 2. AIA procedures
(or domestic regulatory frameworks consistent with the Protocol),
in accordance with the Protocol, are established for the
transboundary movement of LMOs for intentional introduction into
the environment:
(a)Number of Parties that have put
in place laws and regulations and/or administrative measures for
operation of the AIA procedure;
(b)Number of Parties that have
adopted a domestic regulatory framework consistent with the
Protocol as regards the transboundary movement of LMOs for
intentional introduction into the environment;
(c)Number of Parties that have
designated competent national authorities;
(d)Number of Parties importing or
exporting LMOs that do not have relevant laws and regulations in
place governing transboundary movements of LMOs for intentional
introduction into the environment;
(e)Regional trends in adopting AIA
procedures or domestic regulatory frameworks consistent with the
Protocol.
Element 3. AIA procedures
(or domestic regulatory framework consistent with the Protocol) for
the transboundary movement of LMOs for intentional introduction
into the environment are operational and functioning:
(a)Number of Parties with domestic
institutional and administrative (decision-making) arrangements in
place to deal with AIA applications;
(b)Number of Parties with a
budgetary allocation for the operation of their national biosafety
framework;
(c)Number of Parties with
permanent staff in place to administer their national biosafety
frameworks (including AIA applications);
(d)Number of Parties that have
processed AIA applications and reached decisions on import;
(e)Regional trends in operation
and functioning of AIA procedures.
Element 4. Procedures for
decision-making in relation to transboundary movements of living
modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for
processing (LMO-FFPs) are established and operational:
(a)Number of Parties that have
taken final decisions regarding domestic use, including placing on
the market, of LMO-FFPs that may be subject to transboundary
movement;
(b)Number of Parties with a
decision-making procedure specific to the import of LMO FFPs.
Element 5. Risk assessment
procedures for LMOs are established and operational:
(a)Number of Parties with risk
assessment guidance in place for LMOs;
(b)Number of Parties that have
conducted risk assessments as part of a decision-making process
regarding an LMO;
(c)Number of Parties with an
advisory committee or other arrangements in place for conducting or
reviewing risk assessment;
(d)Number of decisions in the
Biosafety Clearing-House accompanied by a summary of the risk
assessment of the LMO;
(e)Number of Parties with the
necessary domestic capacity to conduct risk assessment;
(f)Number of Parties reporting
having used Annex III of the Protocol or any other guidance on risk
assessment agreed to by the Conference of the Parties serving as
the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol;
(g)Regional trends in relation to
risk assessment capacity.
Element 6. Procedures for
the establishment of appropriate LMO risk management measures and
monitoring are established and operational:
(a)Number of Parties that have
authorized introductions of LMOs into the environment and that have
requirements and/or procedures in place and enforced to regulate,
manage and control risks identified in risk assessments;
(b)Number of Parties with capacity
to detect and identify the presence of LMOs;
(c)Regional trends in relation to
risk management capacity.
Element 7. Procedures for
identifying and addressing illegal transboundary movements of LMOs
are in place and operational:
(a)Number of Parties with domestic
measures to prevent and penalize illegal transboundary movements,
including through the regulation of transit and contained
use;
(b)Number of Parties reporting
having received information concerning cases of illegal
transboundary movements of an LMO to or from territories under its
jurisdiction;
(c)Number of Parties with capacity
to detect illegal transboundary movements of LMOs (e.g. personnel,
technical capacity).
Element 8. Procedures for
preventing, identifying and addressing unintentional transboundary
movements of LMOs are established and operational, including
notification procedures and emergency measures:
(a)Number of Parties having
notified to the Biosafety Clearing-House their contact points
regarding unintentional transboundary movement of LMOs in
accordance with Article 17;
(b)Number of Parties with a
mechanism in place for notifying potentially affected States of
actual or potential unintentional transboundary movements of
LMOs;
(c)Number of instances of
unintentional transboundary movements identified;
(d)Number of Parties with a
mechanism to identify and determine significant adverse effects on
biological diversity of any unintentional transboundary movements
of LMOs.
Element 9. Appropriate
requirements are established and implemented in relation to the
Protocol's requirements on the handling, transport, packaging and
identification of LMOs:
Number of Parties with requirements for
handling, transport, packaging and identification of LMOs in place
consistent with Article 18 of the Protocol and relevant subsequent
decisions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to the Protocol for:
(i)Contained use;
(ii)Intentional introduction into
the environment;
(iii)LMO-FFPs.
Element 10. Procedures for
notification of required information to the Biosafety
Clearing-House are established and operational:
(a)Number of Parties that have
allocated responsibilities for notification of information to the
Biosafety Clearing-House;
(b)Number of Parties that have in
place systems for the management of biosafety information necessary
for the implementation of the Protocol.
Element 11. Programme of
work on public awareness, education and participation being
implemented:
(a)Number of Parties implementing
public-awareness programmes or activities;
(b)Number of Parties providing for
some level of public participation in decision-making processes on
LMOs.
C.International
level procedures and mechanisms
Element 12. Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena
Protocol serves its purpose as a governing body:
(a)Number of decisions taken by
the COP-MOP which facilitate the implementation of obligations
under the Protocol by elaborating specific measures;
(b)Contribution of ad hoc
technical expert groups to policy development and implementation
(number of guidelines and other instruments adopted by the COP-MOP
on the basis of contribution by expert groups);
(c)Number of relevant
international organizations that have contributed services and
information to the Protocol process.
Element 13. Framework and
Action Plan for Capacity-Building being effectively
implemented:
(a)Amount of funding provided or
received for supporting biosafety capacity-building activities and
the impacts resulting from such funding;
(b)Number of Parties seeking
assistance to be able to use experts from the roster of experts and
number of Parties actually receiving such assistance;
(c)Number of Parties reporting
using local expertise to undertake or review risk assessments and
other activities relating to the implementation of the
Protocol.
Element 14. Compliance
Committee is functioning:
(a)Parties raise issues with the
Compliance Committee concerning their own compliance with Protocol
obligations;
(b)Compliance Committee has
decision-making rules of procedure in place.
Element 15. The Biosafety
Clearing-House is operational and accessible:
(a)Number of Parties and other
users accessing the Biosafety Clearing-House on a regular basis,
i.e. at least once a month;
(b)Number of Parties reporting
difficulties accessing or using the Biosafety Clearing-House;
(c)Extent to which information on
the Biosafety Clearing-House is reliable and up to date.
D.Impacts of
transboundary movements of LMOs on biological diversity, taking
also into account risks to human health
Element 16. Consideration
should be given to the work on Aichi Biodiversity Targets in the
context of the Convention on Biological Diversity:
Number of Parties that have integrated biosafety into their
national biodiversity strategy and action plans.
