Brussels, 04/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is proposing that the European Union transposes the Nagoya Protocol into European law. This protocol involves access to genetic resources and fair and balanced sharing of the advantages resulting from their use (ABS Protocol). It was approved at the end of 2010 by the signatory parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10).
The draft European regulation adopted on Thursday 4 October to this end aims to protect...