Directive No. 02/2009 issued to determine Risk Assessment Parameters for modified organisms. Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Federal Negarit Gazeta. Subject Livestock, Environment gen., Cultivated plants Keyword Biosafety Genetically modified organism (GMO) EIA Authorization/permit Animal health Biosecurity Plant production Planting material/seeds Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Abstract This Directive requires the maker and the user of a modified organism to carry out a risk assessment prior to any transaction to evaluate the possible harm to human or animal health, biological diversity, the environment, ethical values or cultural or economic norms of local communities or the economic condition of the country. This assessment shall take the parameters set out in this Directive, and any others deemed relevant, into consideration. A 'transaction' means any making or use of any modified organism in teaching, research, production, import, export, transit, deliberate release, production under contained use, transport, placing on the market, or use as a pharmaceutical, as food, as feed or for processing. Parameters shall, among other things, refer to: characteristics of donor and recipient or parental organisms; characteristics of the vector and the promoter, terminator and marker genes; characteristics of modified organisms; safety considerations for human and animal health; and environmental considerations. Full text English References - Legislation Implements Biosafety Proclamation (No.655/2009). Legislation | Ethiopia | 2009 Keyword: Biosafety, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Institution, Authorization/permit, Basic legislation, Animal health, Biosecurity Source: FAO, FAOLEX