Decides:
(a)That, at this stage, there is
no need to establish an open-ended subsidiary body for scientific
and technical advice under the Protocol;
(b)To continue establishing, as
needed and subject to the availability of funds, ad hoc technical
expert groups with specific mandates to provide advice on one or
more scientific and technical issues;
(c)To take into account the
experience gained and lessons learned from previous ad hoc
technical expert groups in establishing similar expert groups in
the future, including the convening, as appropriate, open-ended
online expert forums prior to any face-to-face meetings of future
ad hoc technical expert groups;
(d)To consider the need to
establish an open-ended subsidiary body for scientific and
technical advice under the Protocol at its eighth meeting in
conjunction with the third assessment and review of the
effectiveness of the Protocol and the mid-term evaluation of the
Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety for the
period 2011-2020.
