Ratification

• CBD – July 1994
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – January 2004
• Nagoya Protocol on Benefit Sharing October 2014
• Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – Non-Party

 Legal Status                      

• Biosafety Proclamation No.655/2009
• Biosafety (Amendment) Proclamation No.896 /2015
• Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No. 411/2017.

Competent Authorities

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
• Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
• National Bio-safety Advisory Committee

National Focal Point

• Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
• Biosafety and Invasive Alien Species Directorate

Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines

• Not published

Participating Institutions/Agencies        

• Ethiopian Standards Agency
• Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Agriculture – National Seed Approval Committee
• Addis Ababa University
• Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute
• Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research