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ARTICLE-8: Notification [go to this ARTICLE]
... Notification ...
... 1. The Party of export shall notify, or require the exporter to ensure notification to, in writing, the competent national authority of the Party of import prior to the intentional transboundary movement of a living modified organism that falls within the scope of Article 7, paragraph 1. The notification shall contain, at a minimum, the information specified in Annex I. ...
... 1. The Party of export shall notify, or require the exporter to ensure notification to, in writing, the competent national authority of the Party of import prior to the intentional transboundary movement of a living modified organism that falls within the scope of Article 7, paragraph 1. The notification shall contain, at a minimum, the information specified in Annex I. ...
ARTICLE-9: Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notification [go to this ARTICLE]
... Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notification ...
... 1. The Party of import shall acknowledge receipt of the notification, in writing, to the notifier within ninety days of its receipt. ...
... (a) The date of receipt of the notification; ...
... (b) Whether the notification, prima facie, contains the information referred to in Article 8; ...
... 4. A failure by the Party of import to acknowledge receipt of a notification shall not imply its consent to an intentional transboundary movement. ...
ARTICLE-10: Decision Procedure [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Within two hundred and seventy days of the date of receipt of notification, the Party of import shall communicate, in writing, to the notifier and to the Biosafety Clearing-House the decision referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above: ...
... 5. A failure by the Party of import to communicate its decision within two hundred and seventy days of the date of receipt of the notification shall not imply its consent to an intentional transboundary movement. ...
ARTICLE-13: Simplified Procedure [go to this ARTICLE]
... Notifications under subparagraph (a) above, may apply to subsequent similar movements to the same Party. ...
... 2. The information relating to an intentional transboundary movement that is to be provided in the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 (a) above, shall be the information specified in Annex I. ...
ARTICLE-17: Unintentional Transboundary Movements and Emergency Measures [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Each Party shall take appropriate measures to notify affected or potentially affected States, the Biosafety Clearing-House and, where appropriate, relevant international organizations, when it knows of an occurrence under its jurisdiction resulting in a release that leads, or may lead, to an unintentional transboundary movement of a living modified organism that is likely to have significant adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health in such States. The notification shall be provided as soon as the Party knows of the above situation. ...
... 2. Each Party shall, no later than the date of entry into force of this Protocol for it, make available to the Biosafety Clearing-House the relevant details setting out its point of contact for the purposes of receiving notifications under this Article. ...
... 3. Any notification arising from paragraph 1 above, should include: ...
ARTICLE-19: Competent National Authorities and National Focal Points [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Each Party shall, no later than the date of entry into force of this Protocol for it, notify the Secretariat of the names and addresses of its focal point and its competent national authority or authorities. Where a Party designates more than one competent national authority, it shall convey to the Secretariat, with its notification thereof, relevant information on the respective responsibilities of those authorities. Where applicable, such information shall, at a minimum, specify which competent authority is responsible for which type of living modified organism. Each Party shall forthwith notify the Secretariat of any changes in the designation of its national focal point or in the name and address or responsibilities of its competent national authority or authorities. ...
... 3. The Secretariat shall forthwith inform the Parties of the notifications it receives under paragraph 2 above, and shall also make such information available through the Biosafety Clearing-House. ...
ARTICLE-21: Confidential Information [go to this ARTICLE]
... 5. If a notifier withdraws or has withdrawn a notification, the Party of import shall respect the confidentiality of commercial and industrial information, including research and development information as well as information on which the Party and the notifier disagree as to its confidentiality. ...
ARTICLE-39: Withdrawal [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. At any time after two years from the date on which this Protocol has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from the Protocol by giving written notification to the Depositary. ...
... 2. Any such withdrawal shall take place upon expiry of one year after the date of its receipt by the Depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification of the withdrawal. ...
ARTICLE-Annex_I: Information Required in Notifications Under Article 8, 10 and 13 [go to this ARTICLE]
... (n) Result and purpose of any notification by the exporter to other States regarding the living modified organism to be transferred. ...