Paragraphs 2 (b) and 2 (c) of Article 18
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
Recalling paragraph 2 of decision BS-I/6 B, in which
the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties
to the Protocol invited Parties, other Governments and relevant
international organizations to submit to the Executive Secretary
information on their experience gained with the use of commercial
invoices or other documents required or utilized by existing
documentation systems, with a view to the future consideration of a
stand-alone document,
Considering the information received from Parties,
other Governments and relevant international organizations on their
experience gained with the use of commercial invoices or other
documents required or utilized by existing documentation
systems,
1. Takes note of the efforts, with appreciation, that
exporters of living modified organisms are making to implement the
requirements specified under paragraphs 2 (b) and 2 (c) of Article
18 of the Protocol in accordance with the provisions of the
Protocol as further elaborated by decision BS-I/6 B, other existing
international or national requirements, and established
practices;
2. Urges Parties to the Protocol and invite other
Governments to take necessary measures, taking into account their
specific capabilities, to make sure that those requirements of
paragraphs 2 (b) and 2 (c) of Article 18 of the Protocol as
elaborated by decision BS-I/6 B are fully complied with;
3. Furtherurges Parties, especially those
Parties of import, to make available to the Biosafety
Clearing-House information on their domestic requirements
concerning imports of living modified organisms in general, and
documentation requirements in particular, with respect to living
modified organisms for contained use and for intentional
introduction into the environment, as part of the requirement set
out in paragraph 3 of Article 20 of the Protocol for each Party to
make available its laws, regulations and guidelines relevant to the
implementation of the Protocol;
4. Without prejudice to the future consideration of a
stand-alone document at its third meeting, decides that
the documentation requirements of Article 18 paragraphs 2 (b) and
(c), and experiences in implementing them, will be considered in
the context of the review of implementation of the Protocol as
provided for under Article 35 of the Protocol.
