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CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
8 .b Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Nagoya, 29 October 2010
Entry into force
:
12 October 2014, in accordance with article 33.
Registration :
12 October 2014, No. 30619
Status :
Signatories : 92. Parties : 141
Text :
United Nations,  Treaty Series , vol. 3008, p. 3 and doc.: UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/X/1 of 29 October 2010
C.N.115.2011.TREATIES-7 of 18 March 2011 (Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Protocol (French Version) and to the Certified true copies) and C.N.356.2011.TREATIES-26 of 17 June 2011(Corrections to the original text of the Protocol (French version) and to the certified true copies); C.N.711.2011.TREATIES-70 of 1 November 2011 (Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Protocol (French Version) and to the Certified true copies) and C.N.53.2012.TREATIES-88 of 31 January 2012 (Corrections to the original text of the Protocol (French version) and to the Certified true copies); C.N.825.2011.TREATIES-78 of 18 January 2012 (Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Protocol (Chinese Version) and to the Certified true copies) and C.N.200.2012.TREATIES-XXVII.8.b of 18 April 2012 (Corrections to the original text of the Protocol (Chinese version) and to the Certified true copies); C.N.429.2016.TREATIES-XXVII.8.b of 16 June 2016 (Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Protocol (Chinese Version) and to the Certified true copies) and C.N.625.2016.TREATIES-XXVII.8.b of 15 September 2016 (Corrections to the original text of the Protocol (Chinese version) and to the Certified true copies).
Note :
The above Protocol was adopted on 29 October 2010 at Nagoya, Japan, during the tenth meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.  In accordance with its article 32, the Protocol will be opened for signature by Parties to the Convention at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 2 February 2011 until 1 February 2012.
Participant
 Signature
 Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Ratification
Afghanistan
    6 Jun 2018 a
Albania
   29 Jan 2013 a
Algeria
  2 Feb 2011
 
Angola
    6 Feb 2017 a
Antigua and Barbuda
 28 Jul 2011
12 Dec 2016
Argentina
 15 Nov 2011
 9 Dec 2016
Australia
 20 Jan 2012
 
Austria
 23 Jun 2011
20 Jul 2018
Bahamas
   30 Dec 2021 a
Bahrain
   22 Feb 2022 a
Bangladesh
  6 Sep 2011
10 Jan 2023
Belarus
   26 Jun 2014 a
Belgium
 20 Sep 2011
 9 Aug 2016
Benin
 28 Oct 2011
22 Jan 2014
Bhutan
 20 Sep 2011
30 Sep 2013
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
    6 Oct 2016 a
Botswana
   21 Feb 2013 a
Brazil
  2 Feb 2011
 4 Mar 2021
Bulgaria
 23 Jun 2011
11 Aug 2016
Burkina Faso
 20 Sep 2011
10 Jan 2014
Burundi
    3 Jul 2014 a
Cabo Verde
 26 Sep 2011
 
Cambodia
  1 Feb 2012
19 Jan 2015
Cameroon
   30 Nov 2016 a
Central African Republic
  6 Apr 2011
27 Jul 2018
Chad
 31 Jan 2012
11 Oct 2017
China
    8 Jun 2016 a
Colombia
  2 Feb 2011
 
Comoros
   28 May 2013 a
Congo
 23 Sep 2011
14 May 2015
Costa Rica
  6 Jul 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire
 25 Jan 2012
24 Sep 2013
Croatia
    2 Sep 2015 a
Cuba
   17 Sep 2015 a
Cyprus
 29 Dec 2011
 
Czech Republic
 23 Jun 2011
 6 May 2016
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
    1 Oct 2019 a
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 21 Sep 2011
 4 Feb 2015
Denmark 1
23 Jun 2011
 1 May 2014 AA
Djibouti
 19 Oct 2011
 1 Oct 2015
Dominican Republic
 20 Sep 2011
13 Nov 2014
Ecuador
  1 Apr 2011
20 Sep 2017
Egypt
 25 Jan 2012
28 Oct 2013
El Salvador
  1 Feb 2012
 
Equatorial Guinea
    4 Oct 2023 a
Eritrea
   13 Mar 2019 a
Estonia
   19 Dec 2018 a
Eswatini
   21 Sep 2016 a
Ethiopia
   16 Nov 2012 a
European Union
 23 Jun 2011
16 May 2014 AA
Fiji
   24 Oct 2012 a
Finland
 23 Jun 2011
 3 Jun 2016 A
France
 20 Sep 2011
31 Aug 2016
Gabon
 13 May 2011
11 Nov 2011 A
Gambia
    3 Jul 2014 a
Germany
 23 Jun 2011
21 Apr 2016
Ghana
 20 May 2011
 8 Aug 2019
Greece
 20 Sep 2011
14 Feb 2020
Grenada
 22 Sep 2011
 
Guatemala
 11 May 2011
18 Jun 2014
Guinea
  9 Dec 2011
 7 Oct 2014
Guinea-Bissau
  1 Feb 2012
24 Sep 2013 A
Guyana
   22 Apr 2014 a
Honduras
  1 Feb 2012
12 Aug 2013
Hungary
 23 Jun 2011
29 Apr 2014
India
 11 May 2011
 9 Oct 2012
Indonesia
 11 May 2011
24 Sep 2013
Ireland
  1 Feb 2012
28 Apr 2023
Italy
 23 Jun 2011
 
Japan
 11 May 2011
22 May 2017 A
Jordan
 10 Jan 2012
10 Jan 2012
Kazakhstan
   17 Jun 2015 a
Kenya
  1 Feb 2012
 7 Apr 2014
Kiribati
    4 Jun 2021 a
Kuwait
    1 Jun 2017 a
Kyrgyzstan
   15 Jun 2015 a
Lao People's Democratic Republic
   26 Sep 2012 a
Lebanon
  1 Feb 2012
13 Oct 2017
Lesotho
   12 Nov 2014 a
Liberia
   17 Aug 2015 a
Lithuania
 29 Dec 2011
 
Luxembourg
 23 Jun 2011
25 Oct 2016
Madagascar
 22 Sep 2011
 3 Jul 2014
Malawi
   26 Aug 2014 a
Malaysia
    5 Nov 2018 a
Maldives
    1 Jul 2019 a
Mali
 19 Apr 2011
31 Aug 2016
Malta
    1 Dec 2016 a
Marshall Islands
   10 Oct 2014 a
Mauritania
 18 May 2011
18 Aug 2015
Mauritius
   17 Dec 2012 a
Mexico
 24 Feb 2011
16 May 2012
Micronesia (Federated States of)
 11 Jan 2012
30 Jan 2013
Mongolia
 26 Jan 2012
21 May 2013
Montenegro
   14 Aug 2020 a
Morocco
  9 Dec 2011
22 Apr 2022
Mozambique
 26 Sep 2011
 7 Jul 2014
Myanmar
    8 Jan 2014 a
Namibia
   15 May 2014 a
Nepal
   28 Dec 2018 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2
23 Jun 2011
19 Aug 2016 A
Nicaragua
   12 Jun 2020 a
Niger
 26 Sep 2011
 2 Jul 2014
Nigeria
  1 Feb 2012
29 Jun 2022
Norway
 11 May 2011
 1 Oct 2013
Oman
   23 Jun 2020 a
Pakistan
   23 Nov 2015 a
Palau
 20 Sep 2011
13 Jun 2018
Panama
  3 May 2011
12 Dec 2012
Peru
  4 May 2011
 8 Jul 2014
Philippines
   29 Sep 2015 a
Poland
 20 Sep 2011
 
Portugal
 20 Sep 2011
11 Apr 2017 AA
Qatar
   25 Jan 2017 a
Republic of Korea
 20 Sep 2011
19 May 2017
Republic of Moldova
 25 Jan 2012
23 Aug 2016
Romania
 20 Sep 2011
22 May 2019
Rwanda
 28 Feb 2011
20 Mar 2012
Samoa
   20 May 2014 a
Sao Tome and Principe
   10 Jan 2017 a
Saudi Arabia
   10 Jul 2020 a
Senegal
 26 Jan 2012
 3 Mar 2016
Serbia
 20 Sep 2011
30 Oct 2018
Seychelles
 15 Apr 2011
20 Apr 2012
Sierra Leone
    1 Nov 2016 a
Slovakia
   29 Dec 2015 a
Slovenia
 27 Sep 2011
 
Solomon Islands
   24 Oct 2019 a
Somalia
  9 Jan 2012
 
South Africa
 11 May 2011
10 Jan 2013
Spain
 21 Jul 2011
 3 Jun 2014
St. Kitts and Nevis
    5 Sep 2018 a
St. Lucia
   14 Mar 2022 a
Sudan
 21 Apr 2011
 7 Jul 2014
Sweden
 23 Jun 2011
 8 Sep 2016
Switzerland
 11 May 2011
11 Jul 2014
Syrian Arab Republic
    5 Apr 2013 a
Tajikistan
 20 Sep 2011
12 Sep 2013
Thailand
 31 Jan 2012
 
Togo
 27 Sep 2011
10 Feb 2016
Tonga
    3 Oct 2019 a
Tunisia
 11 May 2011
27 Aug 2021
Turkmenistan
    4 Nov 2020 a
Tuvalu
   28 Aug 2018 a
Uganda
   25 Jun 2014 a
Ukraine
 30 Jan 2012
15 Feb 2022
United Arab Emirates
   12 Sep 2014 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 23 Jun 2011
22 Feb 2016
United Republic of Tanzania
   19 Jan 2018 a
Uruguay
 19 Jul 2011
14 Jul 2014
Vanuatu
 18 Nov 2011
 1 Jul 2014
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
   10 Oct 2018 a
Viet Nam
   23 Apr 2014 a
Yemen
  2 Feb 2011
 
Zambia
   20 May 2016 a
Zimbabwe
    1 Sep 2017 a
Declarations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made
upon ratification, accession, acceptance, approval or succession.)
Argentina

Argentina

Declaration:

       The Argentine Republic declares that the provisions on benefit-sharing in this Protocol are applicable to genetic resources and their derivatives.
       Likewise, the provisions of this Protocol are applicable to the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and their derivatives originating in the Argentine Republic and acquired after the entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
       The Argentine Republic declares that, under article 4, paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, this does not apply in respect of the genetic resources covered by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture or in respect of the specific genetic resources covered by any other international access and benefit-sharing instrument that does not run counter to the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Protocols thereto, which are in effect on the date of its entry into force.
Belgium

Belgium

Upon signature
       “This signature engages also the French Community, the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community, the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.”
Brazil

Brazil

4 March 2021


Declarations made upon ratification
       I - In accordance with the terms of article 28 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, regarding the application of paragraph 2 of article 33 of the Protocol, the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol, for the purpose of its implementation, shall not have retroactive effects;
       II - in accordance with the terms of article 8(c) of the Protocol, the economic exploitation for agricultural activities, in accordance with the definition provided for in Act N. 13.123, of 20 May 2015, resulting from reproductive material from species introduced in the country by human action before the entry into force of the Protocol shall not be subject to the sharing of benefits foreseen in the Protocol;
       III - in accordance with the provision on article 2 read in conjunction with paragraph 3 of article 15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and considering the application of the provisions in articles 5 and 6 of the Protocol, Brazil considers as found in “in situ” condition the species and varieties that form spontaneous populations that have acquired distinctive characteristics in the country and the traditional local variety or breed locally adapted, as per the definition in domestic legislation, in particular article 2 of Act N. 13.123, of 20 May 2015, with a framing of this country under the concept of “country of origin” of these genetic resources;
       IV - Act N. 13.123, of 20 May of 2015, is considered the domestic law for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.
China

China

Declaration:

       Unless otherwise notified by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Protocol shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
European Union

European Union

Declaration:

       “The European Union declares that, in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 191 thereof, it is competent for entering into international agreements, and for implementing the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:

       - preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment;
       - protecting human health;
       - prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources;
       - promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems, and in particular combatting climate change.
       Moreover, the European Union adopts measures at Union level for establishing a European Research Area and for the proper functioning of its internal market.
       The exercise of Union competence is by its nature subject to continuous development. In order to comply with its obligations under Article 14 (2) (a) of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention of Biological Diversity, the Union will keep up-to-date the list of legal instruments to be transmitted to the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House.
       The European Union is responsible for the performance of those obligations resulting from this Protocol which are covered by Union law in force.”
France

France

Declaration:

       1. The French Republic reiterates the declaration that it made upon the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity concerning article 16 on the transfer of technology, with regard to the implementation of articles l and 23 of the Protocol.

       2. The French Republic recalls the terms of decision UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/ XII/12 of 25 June 2014 in connection with the use of the term 'indigenous peoples and local communities' instead of the term 'indigenous and local communities' found in various provisions of the Protocol:

       - The use of the term 'indigenous peoples and local communities' in future decisions and all secondary documents under the Protocol shall have no effect on the legal meaning of the articles of the Protocol that use the term 'indigenous and local communities';
       - The use of the term 'indigenous peoples and local communities' cannot be interpreted as implying for any Party the amendment of rights or obligations under the Protocol;
       - The use of the term 'indigenous peoples and local communities' in future decisions and all secondary documents shall not serve as a context for the interpretation of the Protocol, or a subsequent agreement nor subsequent practice, among the Parties to the Protocol, within the
       meaning of article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the law of treaties of 23 May 1969, which codifies customary international law in this area.
       With reference to the declaration that it made during the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of 13 September 2007, France would recall that, in accordance with the constitutional principles of the indivisibility of the Republic and the unity of the French people, the French people is composed of all French citizens without distinctionbased on origin, race or religion. Under those principles and the principle of the equality of citizens before the law, only the French people as a whole can be granted rights.
Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic

Declaration:

       The accession of the Syrian Arab Republic to this Protocol shall in no way imply its recognition of Israel or entail its entry into any dealings with Israel in the matters governed by the provisions thereof.
End Note
1. Upon its Approval of the Protocol, the Government of Denmark notified the Secretary-General that the Protocol shall not apply in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
2.For the European part and the Caribbean part (the Islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) of the Netherlands.