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Checkpoint (CP)
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last updated: 14 Oct 2019
General Information
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Checkpoint Responsibilities
The field of jurisdiction of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is "Biological research resources in accordance with the Act on the Acquisition, Management, and Utilization of Biological Research Resources".
<Duties of the National Checkpoint>
Article 13 (2) of the Act on Access to and Utilization of Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing prescribes the duties of the head of the National Checkpoint as follows:
  1. Processing procedural compliance reporting in accordance with Article 15 of the Act;
  2. Monitoring and recommending procedural compliance Article 16 of the Act;
  3. Supporting persons who utilize foreign genetic resource(s) domestically.
  • 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 Republic of Korea 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.
Additional Information
The Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy shall, as the head of the National Checkpoint, entrust the following duties to the Biosafety Clearing House prescribed in Article 32 of the Transboundary Movement, etc. of Living Modified Organisms Act:
  1. Supporting persons who utilize foreign genetic resource(s) in the Republic of Korea, under Article 13 (2) 3 of the Act;
  2. Receiving a procedural compliance report on accessing and utilizing foreign genetic resource(s) under former part of Article 6 of the Decree.