The Nagoya Protocol on ABS: ratification by the EU and its Member States and implementation challenges

Un article consacré à la ratification et la mise en œuvre par l'Union européenne du protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès et le partage des avantages.

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"Key messages are, inter alia, that it is doubtful, as claimed by the EU Commission, that unilateral ratifications by Member States would be in conflict with the EU Treaty, and that decisions made by the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity serving as the first meeting of the Parties of the Protocol might make it impossible for the EU to ratify the Protocol. It is argued that late ratification of the Protocol by the EU would send a rather negative signal to developing countries. On the other hand, common rules in various respects on the EU level might have some positive implications."