Brussels, 15/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - The regulation transposing into EU law the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and fairly sharing the benefits resulting from their use (ABS Protocol) has been formally adopted. The definitive adoption of this text at first reading was simply a formality and took place on 14 April, without debate, on the sidelines of the Agriculture Council. The Council also adopted the decision authorising the EU to ratify this protocol to the United Nations...