ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON ACCESS TO AND UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT-SHARING

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters delegated by the Act on Access to and Utilization of Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.

Article 2(Scope of information provided by national focal points) #

(1) To perform duties under Article 7(1)1 of the Act on Access to and Utilization of Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall provide the following information to the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (hereafter referred as the "secretariat" in this Article):

1. Information on the following agencies and their duties:

a. National focal points under Article 7(1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "national focal point");

b. Competent national authorities under Article 8(1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "competent national authority");

c. National checkpoints under Article 13(1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "national checkpoint");

2. Any Information (excluding information referred to in Article 7(1)2 of the Act) requested from the Secretariat pursuant to the Nagoya Protocol On Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol").

(2) To perform duties under Article 7(1)2 of the Act, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall provide the following information to any person who intends to access domestic genetic resource(s) and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources (hereinafter referred to as "genetic resource(s)"): <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Information concerning the competent national authority and genetic resource(s) under their jurisdiction;

2. Information concerning procedures for reporting access to domestic genetic resource(s) under Article 9 of the Act;

3. Information concerning exemptions from reporting access to domestic genetic resource(s), etc. under Article 10 of the Act;