http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/821/schedule/paragraph/12The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION2022-09-23Expert Participation2020-12-31These Regulations implement, within the United Kingdom, compliance measures for users of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources resulting from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“the Protocol”). The Protocol aims to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by ensuring the benefits from the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources are shared fairly. Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation in the Union (OJ No L 150, 20.5.2014, p 59) (“the EU Regulation”) requires users to exercise due diligence that they only utilise genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources that have been accessed in accordance with the Protocol. Users are also required to make a declaration confirming due diligence at the final stage of development of a product.SCHEDULECivil sanctionsPART 2Stop noticesStop notice12.(1)

The Secretary of State may serve a notice (“a stop notice”) on any person—

(a)

in relation to a failure to comply with any provision referred to in regulation 8(1), prohibiting that person from carrying on an activity specified in the notice until the person has taken the steps specified in the notice;

(b)

where a person is likely to make available on the market a product developed by means of the utilisation of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources for which the obligations under the EU Regulation have not been met, requiring that person to take such steps and, within such period as the notice may specify, to secure that its being made available on the market is prohibited or restricted.

(2)

A stop notice may only be served where—

(a)

the person is carrying on the activity, and

(b)

the Secretary of State reasonably believes that—

(i)

the activity carried on by that person involves or is likely to involve a failure to comply with any provision referred to in regulation 8(1); or

(ii)

that person is likely to make available on the market a product developed by means of the utilisation of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources for which the obligations under the EU Regulation have not been met.

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