EU ABS Regulation Training Workshop (Warsaw, PL)

Contact point: 

Artiom Jucov, Ghenadie Curorcichin

Date: 

Thu, 17 Nov 2016

Phone: 

+373 69907927

E-mail: 

artiom.jucov@h2020.md

Address: 

University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Seminar room 037 ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warszawa Poland

Description: 

The EU is a party to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation. The EU ABS Regulation1, which transposes into the EU legal order the compliance pillar of the Protocol, became applicable as of 12 October 2014. The principal obligations of the Regulation will become applicable as of 12 October 2015.The EU ABS Regulation workshop aims at providing the participants with knowledge about their obligations under the EU ABS Regulation and what they practically imply for their everyday work. In the first part of the workshop, the new legal framework will be explained, providing insight into the main provisions of the EU ABS Regulation. In the second part of the workshop, participants will have a chance to put the knowledge gained into practice through interactive case studies, based on real-life examples and realistic scenarios.

Pillar: 

Event type: 

Conference