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published: 27 Feb 2026 last updated: 01 Jun 2026
General Information
Belarus
General Information
Genetic Resources and/or Associated Traditional Knowledge Transfer Agreement
The Genetic Resources and/or Associated Traditional Knowledge Transfer Agreement is drawn up in Russian and English, contains 2 Annexes: Genetic Resources and/or Associated Traditional Knowledge Transfer Act,  Notification of Genetic Resources and/or Associated Traditional Knowledge Utilization Results.

When providing GRs and/or Associated TK to the Republic of Belarus, a Notification of Genetic Resources and/or Associated Traditional Knowledge Utilization Results should be submitted.
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ABSCH-MSR-BY-279687-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Resolution of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus "On the Establishment of the Forms of Documents in the Field of Genetic Resources Management" of December 20, 2024, No. 72
The Resolution presents the established forms for the transfer and utilization of genetic resources outside the Republic of Belarus.
ABSCH-MSR-BY-279688-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus "On Measures for the Implementation of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of March 5, 2024 No. 356-З “On Genetic Resources Management”" of 20 December 2024, No. 982
the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus: 
1. Approved: 
The Provision for monitoring in the field of genetic resources management and its data use; 
The Provision for the disbursement of funds incoming during the distribution of monetary benefits. 
2. Established a list of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in accordance with the Annex. 
3. Designated the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing of the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus” as the Checkpoint for monitoring in the field of genetic resources management in the territory of the Republic of Belarus. 
4. Declare the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of October 1, 2014, No. 933 “On the Establishment of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing” to be no longer in force. 
ABSCH-MSR-BY-267025-2 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Genetic Resources Management"
This Law was enacted in furtherance 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 of October 29, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as “the Nagoya Protocol”), and it establishes legal bases for state regulation in the field of genetic resources management and/or associated traditional knowledge for the purpose of their protection and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, preservation of human health and provision of food security. 
ABSCH-MSR-BY-299189-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus “On the Procedure for Providing (Changing Terms of) Access to Genetic Resources” of April 14, 2026, No. 187
The Resolution approves the Provision on the procedure for providing (changing terms of) access to genetic resources; provides information on documents to be submitted by the GRs and/or associated TK provider/user, an example of an application form to be submitted for GRs and/or associated TK transfer.
  • transfer/exchange of genetic resources
  • Access to genetic resources (Article 15 of the CBD)
  • Nagoya Protocol
  • Scope
  • Competent national authority/ies
  • Access
  • Access to genetic resources
  • For commercial use
  • For non-commercial use
  • Access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, including prior informed consent or approval or involvement
  • For commercial use
  • For non-commercial use
  • Benefit-Sharing
  • Mutually agreed terms
  • Monetary benefits
  • Non-monetary benefits
  • Compliance
  • Compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements of the other Party (Article 15 and 16)
  • On access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
  • On access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources and benefit-sharing
  • Non-compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements
  • Issues related to monitoring the utilization of genetic resources (Article 17)
  • Checkpoints
  • Permits or their equivalent constituting an internationally recognized certificate of compliance
  • Compliance with mutually agreed terms (Article 18)
  • Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources
  • Community protocols
  • Customary laws and procedures
  • Global Multilateral Benefit-sharing Mechanism
  • Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
  • Model contractual clauses
  • Codes of conduct, guidelines, and best practices and or/standards
  • Awareness-raising
  • Transboundary cooperation
  • Capacity-building
  • Technology transfer, collaboration and cooperation
  • Financial mechanism and resource mobilization
  • Compliance with the Protocol
  • National reports
  • ABS legislative, administrative or policy measures
  • ABS agreements
  • Commercial purpose
  • Non-commercial purposes
  • Agricultural sector
  • Academic research
  • Botanical and horticultural sector
  • Identification and taxonomy
  • Food and beverage
  • Industrial biotechnology,
  • Personal care and cosmetics
  • Pharmaceutical sector
  • All types of genetic resources
  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Microorganism
  • Fungi
  • Wild species
  • Domesticated species and/or cultivated species
  • All areas of access of the genetic resource
  • Agricultural areas
  • Forest
  • Protected areas
  • Ex-situ
  • Soil and/or water samples
  • Users of genetic resources
  • Intellectual property rights
  • Relevant international agreements, instruments and organizations
  • Relationship with other instruments
  • Antarctic Treaty System
  • Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Commission of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • World Health Organization
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • World Trade Organization
  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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