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Checkpoint (CP)
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last updated: 11 May 2018
General Information
National Biodiversity Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Serbithang, Thimphu Bhutan, PO Box: 875, Tel: +975-2-351417/351218/350268 (o), Fax: +975-2-351219
Checkpoint Responsibilities
*The National Biodiversity Centre being the ABS-National Focal Point shall upon execution of the Scoping Agreement or Access and Benefit Sharing Agreement, issue ‘National Permit equivalent to the Certificate of Compliance’ to a User. 

*Issue a ‘Sample Transfer Certificate’ to facilitate the transfer of samples of genetic resources under a Scoping Agreement, Access and Benefit Sharing Agreement, Material Transfer Agreement and Standard Material Transfer Agreement. 


*With the additional role as a Clearing-House Publishing Authority, the National Biodiversity Centre shall submit information related to ABS in the ABS Clearing House at https://absch.cbd.int/.

*As a Clearing-House Publishing Authority designate focal officials from the designated checkpoints as the National Authorized Users. 

  • National / Federal
Authority/ies to receive courtesy copies of checkpoint communiqués
The contacts indicated below will receive email copies of checkpoint communiqués containing the information collected or received and published from this checkpoint.
All Competent National Authorities designated for Bhutan have been selected to automatically receive checkpoint communiqués by email published from this checkpoint.
No additional authorities have been selected to receive the automatic email copies of checkpoint communiqués published from this checkpoint.
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