What is the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)?
The Protocol established a Biosafety Clearing-House under the clearing-house mechanism of the Convention, in order to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on, and experience with, living modified organisms; and to assist Parties to implement the Protocol. More information about the Biosafety Clearing-House is available on this site.
The Protocol established a Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) as part of the clearing-house mechanism of the Convention, in order to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on, and experience with, living modified organisms; and to assist Parties to implement the Protocol (see Article 20 of the Protocol). The Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) recommended that the Biosafety Clearing-House should be established in a phased manner beginning with a pilot phase. The first meeting of COP-MOP approved the transition from the pilot phase to the fully operational phase and adopted modalities for its operations (Decision BS-I/3). Further information about the development of the Biosafety Clearing-House is available in the archives relating to the work of the ICCP. The BCH website also contains a section devoted specifically to Frequently Asked Questions about the Biosafety Clearing-House. Go to the Biosafety Clear
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