Ratification

• Party to the CBD – January 1995
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety January 2004
• Nagoya ABS June 2016
• Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress Non-party

Legal Status                      

• Biosafety Law, 2012
• Décret n° 2009-1408 du 23 décembre 2009
• Décret n° 2017-1053 du 19 may 2017

Competent Authority   

• The National Biosafety Authority
• National Biosecurity Agency, NBA
• The National Biosecurity Observatory (NBO);
• The National Biosecurity Scientific Committee (NBSC)
• The Scientific and Technical Committee (CST)
• The National Biosafety Committee (CNB).

National Focal Point

• Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD)

Participating Institutions/Agencies        

• Secretary General of the Presidency
• Ministry of the Economy and Finance
• Ministry of the Environment
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Fisheries
• Ministry of Livestock
• Ministry of Scientific Research