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last updated: 05 Apr 2024
General information
Belarus
On Genetic Resources Management
 This Law was enacted in furtherance 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 of October 29, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as “the Nagoya Protocol”), and it establishes legal bases for state regulation in the field of genetic resources management and/or associated traditional knowledge for the purpose of their protection and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, preservation of human health and provision of food security. 
National / Federal
Legally binding
05 Mar 2025
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Regulatory contact information
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-BY-201855-5
Competent National Authority:
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus ()
10 Kalektarnaya St.
Minsk,
220004, Belarus
Phone: +375 17 200 66 91,
Fax: +375 17 200 55 83,
Email: mail@minpriroda.gov.by,
Website: http://www.minpriroda.gov.by/, http://www.minpriroda.gov.by/en, https://minpriroda.gov.by/by/,
ABSCH-CNA-BY-201855-5
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-BY-202436-8
Competent National Authority:
National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing ()
27 Academichnaya st.
Minsk,
220072, Belarus
Phone: +375 17 399 85 75,
Fax:
Email: E.Makeyeva@igc.by, belarusnpabs@gmail.com,
Website: http://abs.igc.by,
ABSCH-CNA-BY-202436-8
Amendments
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  • ABSCH-MSR-BY-202445-5 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Resolution of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus of 27 October, 2014 № 70 "On Approval of the Regulations for the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing and Regulations for the Checkpoint of Monitoring the Utilization of Genetic Resources"
    In accordance with the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of October 1, 2014, No.933 “On Establishing the National Coordination Centre for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing” and for the purpose of legal regulation of the access to genetic resources, the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus DECIDED:
    1. To approve the following attached documents:
    - The Statute of the National Coordination Centre for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing;
    - Regulations for the Checkpoint of Monitoring the Utilization of Genetic Resources.
    2. To entrust control over the implementation of this Resolution to the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus” and the Department оf Biological Science of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

  • ABSCH-MSR-BY-202243-4 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus "On Establishment of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing" of 1 October 2014, N 933
    This Resolution prescribes the establishment of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing at the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Genetics and Cytology at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus” entrusting it with the functions of the checkpoint for monitoring the utilization of genetic resources specified in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to Convention on Biological Diversity. 
  • ABSCH-MSR-BY-201806-6 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the International Treaty"
    Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 22 May 2014, No.235 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the International Treaty". 
    The Decree prescribes:
     1. To accede to 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 adopted in Nagoya on October 29, 2010. To designate the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection responsible for fulfilling the obligations undertaken by the Republic of Belarus under the stated international treaty. 
    2. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus shall take the necessary measures to implement this Decree within six months. 
    3. This Decree shall enter into force on the day of its signing.
Article 27 of Chapter 7 provides for the following measures to be taken by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus during the year to implement the provisions of the law:
- prepare and submit proposals in accordance with the established procedure on bringing legislative acts into line with this Law;
- bring the decisions of the Government of the Republic of Belarus in accordance with this Law;
- ensure that the republican public administration bodies subordinate to the Government of the Republic of Belarus bring their normative legal acts in accordance with this Law;
- take other measures to implement the provisions of this Law.
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  SCOPE OF THE MEASURE
  Genetic Resources
-   All types of genetic resources -   Animals , -   Plants , -   Fungi , -   Microorganism , -   Domesticated species and/or cultivated species , -   Wild species - found in - All areas of access of the genetic resource In-situ Agricultural areas , Dry and sub-humid areas , Forest , Inland waters , Islands , Marine and coastal areas , Mountains , Protected areas , Ex-situ , Soil and/or water samples (Part 1,Article 4)
  Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources ( Part 1,Article 4 )
  ACCESS
  Access to genetic resources
  For commercial use ( Part 3 )
  For non-commercial use ( Part 3 )
  Access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, including prior informed consent or approval or involvement
  For commercial use ( Part 3 )
  For non-commercial use ( Part 3 )
  Provides for the issuance of a permit of its equivalent at the time of access for constituting an internationally recognized certificate of compliance ( Part 3,Article 14 )
  Established rules and procedures for mutually agreed terms ( Part 3,Article 15 )
  BENEFIT-SHARING
  Monetary benefits ( Part 4,Articles 24 - 26 )
  Non-monetary benefits ( Part 4,Articles 24 - 26 )
  For commercial use ( Part 4,Articles 24 - 26 )
  For non-commercial use ( Part 4,Articles 24 - 26 )
  COMPLIANCE
  Compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements of the other Party (Article 15 and 16) ( Part 4,Articles 18-19 )
  Issues related to monitoring the utilization of genetic resources (Article 17) ( Part 3,Article 17 )
  Compliance with mutually agreed terms (Article 18) ( Глава 4,статьи 18-20 )
  RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
  Any other element relevant to relationship with other international instrument
-  compliance with generally accepted principles of international law and the norms of international treaties of the Republic of Belarus in the field of the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity (Part !,Article 3)
  OTHER
  Competent national authority/ies ( Part 2,Articles 7-12 )
  Awareness-raising ( Part 2,Articles 12-13 )
  Transboundary cooperation ( Part 2 )
  Capacity-building ( Part 2 )
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