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Genetically Modified Organisms Amendment Act, 2006 (Act No. 23 of 2006)

Annexure

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Annex I : Information required in notifications under Articles 8, 10 and 13

 

(a) Name, address and contact details of the exporter.
(b) Name, address and contact details of the importer.
(c) Name and identity of the living modified organism, as well as the domestic classification, if any, of the biosafety level of the living modified organism in the State of export.
(d) Intended date or dates of the transboundary, movement, if known
(e) Taxonomic status, common name, point of collection or acquisition, and characteristics of recipient organism or parental organisms related to biosafety.
(f) Centres of origin and centres of genetic diversity, if known, of the recipient organism and/or the parental organism and a description of the habitats where the organisms may persist or proliferate.
(g) Taxonomic status, common name, point of collection  or acquisition, and characteristics of the donor organism or organisms related to biosafety.
(h) Description of the nucleic acid or the modification introduced, the technique used, and the resulting characteristics of the living modified organism.
(i) Intended use of the living modified organism or products thereof, namely, processed materials that are of living modified organism origin, containing detectable novel combinations of replicable genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.
(j) Quantity or volume of the living modified organism to be transferred.
(k) A previous and existing risk assessment report consistent with Annex III.
(l) Suggested methods for the safe handling, storage, transport and use, including packaging, labelling, documentation, disposal and contingency procedures where appropriate.
(m) Regulator status of the living modified organism within the State of export (for example, whether it is prohibited in the Stale of export, whether there are other restrictions, or whether it has been approved for general release) and, if the living modified organism is banned in the State of export, the reason or reasons for the ban.
(n) Result and purpose of any notification by the exporter to other States regarding the living modified organism to be transferred.
(o) A declaration that the above-mentioned information is factually correct.