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Competent National Authority (CNA)
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published: 18 Dec 2018 last updated: 07 Jan 2019
General Information
Agency Nature & Forests (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos)
Herman Teirlinckgebouw – Havenlaan 88 bus 75
Brussels,

1000,
Belgium
  • +32 2 553 02 80
Additional Contact Information
- Organization: Agency Nature & Forests (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos) (ANB) | ABSCH-CON-BE-241204-2 This document has been updated. This is not the latest published version. Click here to view the latest version of the record.
Organization:
Agency Nature & Forests (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos) (ANB)
Government agency (Sub-national)
Herman Teirlinckgebouw – Havenlaan 88 bus 75
Brussels,
1000, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 553 81 02,
Fax:
Website:
Legislative, administrative or policy basis for the competence of the Competent National Authority
  • ABSCH-MSR-BE-241205-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure The competence(s) of the section “Natuurinspectie ANB” is extended to the Nagoya-regulation (see additions of art. 2,25°, and art. 25,17° in the decree on the general provisions on environmental policy) This document has been updated. This is not the latest published version. Click here to view the latest version of the record.
    The text assigns the section "Natuurinspectie/Nature inspection" of the "Agentschap Natuur en Bos/ Agency Nature & Forests" as NCA for the Nagoya Protocol in the Flanders Region.
  • ABSCH-MSR-EU-201808-6 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure EU ABS Regulation - REGULATION (EU) No 511/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 April 2014 on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union

    This Regulation establishes rules governing compliance with access and benefit-sharing for genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources in accordance with the provisions 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 (the ‘Nagoya Protocol’). The effective implementation of this Regulation will also contribute to the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of its components, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (the ‘Convention’).

    This Regulation applies to all EU Member States, regardless of their individual ratification of the Nagoya Protocol.

    Due to the division of competences between the EU and its Member States, some elements related to the compliance measures (such as the penalties, authorities in charge of the compliance checks) are not directly provided for in the EU ABS Regulation but are or will be implemented by each EU Member State.

    This Regulation implements the obligatory compliance measures of the Nagoya Protocol. It does not establish access rules at EU level. For EU Member States that decide to establish access rules, these will be found in the legislation of the respective EU Member State (see their respective Country Profile).

Summary of ABS Responsibilities
The Agency is responsible for inspecting the compliance to the Nagoya Protocol in the Flemish Region.
Sub-national Flemish Region
  • All types of genetic resources
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