Biosafety: liability and redress. Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol to the Cartagena Protocol

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Matthias GROOTE (S&D, DE) on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

The committee recommended that the European Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, adopted on 15 October 2010, at the final plenary of the fifth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP 5) in Nagoya, was signed by the Union on 11 May 2011.

The request for consent was submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 192 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).