REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

NAGOYA PROTOCOL ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS ARISING FROM THEIR UTILIZATION TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (RATIFICATION) ACT NO. 7 OF 2014

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1 Ratification ...............................................................................................................2. Commencement ………………………………………………………………….......2 

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Assent: 19/06/2014 
Commencement: 26/06/2014 

NAGOYA PROTOCOL ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS ARISING FROM THEIR UTILIZATION TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (RATIFICATION) ACT NO. 7 OF 2014

An Act to provide for the ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows- 

1 Ratification 

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity is ratified. 

A copy of the Protocol is attached. 

2 Commencement 

This Act comes into force on the day on which it is published in the Gazette. 

Editors Note: Text of the "Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity" is available in the attached PDF version of the Act, and via the link available to it from this page.