National Record Type:1 #ABSCH-(A19-20)
Model Contractual Clauses, Codes of Conduct, Guidelines, Best practices and Standards (A19-20)
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Articles 19 and 20 of the Protocol require each Party to encourage, as appropriate, the development,
update and use of sectoral and cross-sectoral model contractual clauses for mutually agreed terms, as well
as voluntary codes of conduct, guidelines and best practices and/or standards in relation to access and
benefit-sharing. These tools can serve to promote legal certainty and transparency, and reduce transaction
costs in the implementation of ABS requirements, while taking into account the practices of different
sectors.
This common format is to be used for registering model contractual clauses for mutually agreed terms, as
well as voluntary codes of conduct, guidelines and best practices and/or standards.
If this tool is developed by a Party to support implementation of domestic ABS requirements as part of a
country’s national ABS framework, please register that information using the common format for
legislative, administrative or policy measures. This will allow the information to be displayed as part of
the country profile and to be included in the list of national ABS measures.
General Information
1. *Type of resource:
Model contractual clauses
Codes of conduct
Guidelines
Best practices
Standards
2. *Title:
3. *Author(s):2
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in the ABS Clearing-House. The information submitted through this common format will be made available at
https://absch.cbd.int/search/reference-records/A19A20/.
2 Name of the person or organization who has authored the publication or information resource
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4. *Publication year:
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5. Rights:3
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6. Format:4
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Access to the resource(s)
7. *Link to the resource(s):5
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and/or <Attachment>
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9. Summary, abstract or table of
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10. Country(ies), regional or economic
group(s) covered by the resource:
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11. *Thematic area(s):
Access to genetic resources (Article 15 of the CBD)
Nagoya Protocol
Access
Access to genetic resources, including prior informed
consent
For commercial purposes
For non-commercial purposes
Access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic
resources, including prior informed consent or approval or
involvement
For commercial purposes
For non-commercial purposes
Benefit-sharing
Mutually agreed terms
Monetary benefits
Non-monetary benefits
Compliance
Compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory
requirements
On access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
On access to traditional knowledge associated with
genetic resources and benefit-sharing
Non-compliance with
regulatory requirements
domestic
legislation
or
Monitoring the utilization of genetic resources
Checkpoints
Permits or their equivalent constituting an
internationally recognized certificate of compliance
Compliance with mutually agreed terms
Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources
Community protocols
Customary laws and procedures
Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
Model contractual clauses
Codes of conduct, guidelines, and best practices and
or/standards
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Transboundary cooperation
Capacity-building
Technology transfer, collaboration and cooperation
ABS legislative, administrative or policy measures
Types of organisms
Plants
Animals
Microorganism
Fungi
Wild species
Domestic species
Area of access of the genetic resource
Agricultural areas
Forest
Inland waters
Dry and sub-humid areas
Marine and coastal areas
Mountains
Protected areas
Islands
Ex-situ collections
Soil and/or water samples
Users of genetic resources
Commercial purpose
Agricultural sector
Botanical and horticultural sector
Food and beverage
Industrial biotechnology,
Personal care and cosmetics
Pharmaceutical sector
Non-commercial purposes
Academic research
Identification and taxonomy
Intellectual property rights
Relevant international agreements, instruments and
organizations
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Relationship with other international instruments
Antarctic Treaty System
Food and Agriculture Organization
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture
World Health Organization
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Additional Information
12. Any other relevant information:7
<Text entry>
Any other relevant documents:
and/or <URL and website name>
and/or <Attachment>
13. Notes:8
<Text entry>
For offline submissions only:
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