About the ABS Clearing-House
Getting started
Finding information
Submitting information
- Information-sharing obligations
- Interim national report
- Types of users
- CBD Account
- Offline common formats
- national information publishing tips
Monitoring utilization
Interoperability
Need help?
More information
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Text of the Protocol
- ABS Forums
- Send us your feedback
- Download an offline version of this guide
Informal Advisory Committee (IAC)
- Dec 2019 - 4th IAC Meeting
- Nov 2017 - 3rd IAC Meeting
- Jun 2016 - 2nd IAC Meeting
- Oct 2015 - 1st IAC Meeting
- Oct 2013 - Pilot phase IAC Meeting
- ABSCH IAC Forum
Step-by-step guides
The Secretariat has prepared step-by-step guides to provide detailed instructions to assist with using the ABS Clearing-House and publishing records.
Publishing National records
- Competent national authority (CNA)
- Legislative , administrative or policy measures on ABS (MSR)
- ABS procedures (PRO)
- National Model Contractual Clauses (NMCC)
- National websites and databases (NDB)
- Information on ABS permits to constitute an internationally recognized certificate of compliance (IRCC)
- Checkpoints (CP)
- Checkpoint communiqué (CPC)
- Interim national report (NR)
Submitting Reference records
