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Decree No. 71/2014 approving the Regulation on Bio-Safety related to Genetically Modified Organism (GMO).

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Série, No. 96.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Authorization/permit Offences/penalties Research Biotechnology Biosafety Biosecurity Institution
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Decree approves the Regulation on Bio-Safety related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). This Regulation, consisting of 74 articles divided into 11 Chapters and four Annexes, establishes the Bio-safety rules and enforcement mechanisms to import, export, transit, research, release into the environment, handling and use of organisms genetically modified (GMO) and their products, resulting from modern bio-technology, contributing to ensuring the protection of human health, the environment, and particularly the conservation of biological diversity and applies to all public and private entities involved in these operations by defining the powers of the National Authority of Bio-Security (ANB) and the bio-safety inter-institutional group (NBC), also regulating the processing for obtaining authorization, the risk assessment and management, information and accountability fidelity, inspection, confidentiality and public participation and access to information, and setting the fees and penalties. It is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap. I), Processing for obtaining authorization (Chap. II), Import export and transit of GMO (Chaps. III) Investigations (Chap. IV); Release into the environment and production (Chap. V); Transport, identification, packaging and labelling (Chap. VI); Risk assessment and management, information and responsibility (Chap. VII); Taxes, infractions e santions (Chap. VIII); Inspections (Chap. IX); Confidentiality (Chap. X); Public participation and access to information (Chap. XI). The four Annexes deal with model forms and fines.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Repeals

Decree No. 6/2007 approving the Regulation on Bio-Safety related to Genetically Modified Organism (GMO).

Legislation | Mozambique | 2007

Keyword: Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Research, Biotechnology, Biosafety, Biosecurity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX