Directive Issued to Establish Procedures for the Management of Risks from any Transaction Involving Modified Organisms No. 06/2018” Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Cultivated plants Keyword Genetic resources Genetically modified organism (GMO) Biosafety Risk assessment/management Early warning system Hazards Authorization/permit Institution Biotechnology Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Abstract This Directive shall apply to manage any unforeseen risk arising from deliberate and unintentional release during making, use in teaching, research, import, export, transit, contained production, transport, storage, processing and putting in the market of any modified organisms. In this directive the Risk arising from unintentional release includes, inter alia; 1) Spillage from storage or transportation, 2) release out of Human error; 3) Release out of force majeure. Full text English/Amharic Website www.epa.gov.et