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Checkpoint (CP)
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last updated: 01 Sep 2016
General Information
Finnish Environment Institute
Checkpoint Responsibilities
According to the Act on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, users who import to Finland genetic resources or traditional knowledge of indigenous communities associated with it that are subject to the provisions concerning a Party to the Nagoya Protocol on the access and the sharing of benefits shall provide notification to the competent authority within one month from the import date the National Competent Authorities. The Competent National Authorities are also responsible for receipt of due diligence declarations from users at the research funding stage as well as at the stage of final development of a product. The responsibilities of the Competent Authorities also include monitoring and inspections of the domestic users of genetic resources. 
  • 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 Finland have been selected to automatically receive checkpoint communiqués by email published from this checkpoint.
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-FI-207674-2
Competent National Authority:
Natural Resources Institute Finland ()
Viikinkaari 4
Helsinki,
FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 0295325477, +358 29 532 5300,
Fax:
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-FI-207675-1 This document has been updated. This is not the latest published version. Click here to view the latest version of the record.
Competent National Authority:
Finnish Environment Institute ()
Mechelininkatu 34a
Helsinki,
00251 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 295 251 390, +358 295 252 001,
Fax:
No additional authorities have been selected to receive the automatic email copies of checkpoint communiqués published from this checkpoint.
Additional Information