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2009-03-18 | permalink
Some progress in meeting on liability and redress for GMOs
Parties to the UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, at a meeting in Mexico City, have agreed that a legally-binding Supplementary Protocol will be developed on liability and redress for damage from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). [...] The Supplementary Protocol as well as the guidelines on civil liability are both annexes to the draft decision for MOP5. This indicates that the guidelines on civil liability will not be part of the Supplementary Protocol.
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2009-03-18 | permalink
Some progress in meeting on liability and redress for GMOs
Parties to the UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, at a meeting in Mexico City, have agreed that a legally-binding Supplementary Protocol will be developed on liability and redress for damage from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). [...] The Supplementary Protocol as well as the guidelines on civil liability are both annexes to the draft decision for MOP5. This indicates that the guidelines on civil liability will not be part of the Supplementary Protocol.
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