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ARTICLE-8: Notification     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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]
... 1. The Party of import shall acknowledge receipt of the notification, in writing, to the notifier within ninety days of its receipt. ...


ARTICLE-10: Decision Procedure     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The Party of import shall, within the period of time referred to in Article 9, inform the notifier, in writing, whether the intentional transboundary movement may proceed: ...
... (a) Only after the Party of import has given its written consent; or ...
... (b) After no less than ninety days without a subsequent written consent. ...
... 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: ...


ARTICLE-11: Procedure for Living Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, Or For Processing     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A Party that makes a final decision regarding domestic use, including placing on the market, of a living modified organism that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for processing shall, within fifteen days of making that decision, inform the Parties through the Biosafety Clearing-House. This information shall contain, at a minimum, the information specified in Annex II. The Party shall provide a copy of the information, in writing, to the national focal point of each Party that informs the Secretariat in advance that it does not have access to the Biosafety Clearing-House. This provision shall not apply to decisions regarding field trials. ...


ARTICLE-12: Review of Decisions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The Party of import shall respond in writing to such a request within ninety days and set out the reasons for its decision. ...


ARTICLE-21: Confidential Information     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The Party of import shall not use such information for a commercial purpose, except with the written consent of the notifier. ...


ARTICLE-29: Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to this Protocol     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six months of the request being communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat, it is supported by at least one third of the Parties. ...


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. ...