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Resolution No. 6/07 on the approval of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety within the National territory.

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 27.
Subject
Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Biotechnology Biosafety Biosecurity Environmental standards Transport/storage Standards Protection of environment Genetically modified organism (GMO) Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution, according to article 88 (letter k) of the Angolan Constitution, approves the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in order to regulates this sector within the National territory. This Protocol, consisting of 30 articles and 3 Annexes, in accordance with the precautionary approach contained in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, aims at contributing to ensure an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org