Ratification

CBD – September 1994

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – March 2004

Nagoya Protocol on benefit sharing – October 2014

Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – Non-Party

 

Legal Status                      

Decree 85 (1995) Establishing the National Biosafety Commitee

Decree 136 (1995) Establishing obligation to obtain NBC permit before any work with GMOs

Decree 242 Requires approval by the Supreme Council on Food Safety for GMOs to be imported for food

Decree 1648 Protocol for GM seed registration

Decree 767 To Establish the Competent Authority

Biosafety Draft Bill 2016 – currently at Cabinet Level

Competent Authority   

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs

 

National Focal Point

Minister Advisor of Biodiversity & CBD National Focal Point

Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, Nature Conservation

Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines          

Memorandum of Understanding on the detection of GMOs between the EEAA and the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications

Memorandum of Understanding on the detection of GMOs between the EEAA and the Ministry of Health

Memorandum of Understanding on the detection of GMOs between the EEAA and Cairo University