ABS in Mexico

Edda Fernández Luiselli

Director General for the Primary Sector and Renewalbe Natural Resources

National Focal Point for the Nagoya Protocol

Advancing implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

An international Exchange on key challenges and

practical ways forward

This is Mexico

Mexico: one of the 5 countries with more

biological and genetic diversity

>10% of known species

<2% of the world

Mexico: Center of origin and of genetic diversity

Constitution International Treaties

Federal Laws and Codes

Administrative Laws States

Constitutions

State Laws

Executive Agreements and Decrees

Regulation

(By-Law)

Special Standards

Secretarial Agreements Legal Notices Notices Regula-

tions Local

Ordinances

Notices

Legal National Framework

Standards

Executive Branch

Legislative Branch

States

https://absch.cbd.int/countries/MX

National Competent Authorities

• Domesticated cultivars

• Marine and aquatic spp (commercial use)

• Livestock

• Zoo and phytosanitary GR

• Agriculture (SAGARPA)

• Crop Wild Relatives

• Marine and aquatic spp in the Mexican Endangered Species List

• Forestry and soils

• Wild species

• “Other” not covered by SAGARPA

• Environment (SEMARNAT)

CDI (consultative body): advices on indigenous issues

Foreign Affairs: GR in waters of National Jurisdiction Waters

Crop Wild Relatives

Cultivated

Genetic Diversity is regarded as continuous and not “sectorized”

NCA intersecretarial approach

Regimes

• 90 working days (since the PIC is granted)

• PIC: – IP&C – LC

• MAT: Access Agreement

• Benefits (Monetary & Non Monetary) : – IPC/LC 10% – National Fund

• 30 working days

• PIC: Format, only for TKA or GR belongs to the IPLCs projects

• MAT: Written commitment to provide results to authorities and IPC/LC, as appropriate

Non comercial purposes

“Simplified” “Complete”

Permits

Monitoring

Change of Intent

Comercial purposes

R&D GR/ATK/ Derivatives?

NO NP

Sustainable Use

Genetic or biochemical

characterization?

NO

NO

Commercial purpose?

NP Simplified Regime

YES

Change of

Intent?

Scientific Collecion

YES

PIC* Format

NO

YES

No BS

Written commit

ment

Permit

YES

*PIC evidence in reports

NP

PIC

MAT

Permit

government accompaniment

Art. 8ª NP

Crop Wild Relatives

or Not registered

cultivated varieties

Cultivated

Art. 8c NP GR for food and agriculture

When registered in the National Registry

for Plant Varieties NP

Less requirements (GR characteristics,

geographic information…)

NP Simplified Regime

Requirements

• Detailed information regarding the GR

• Complete geographical data for the distribution of the GR (Lat-Long, localities names, etc…)

• Detailed information regarding the GR provider

• Requirements depending on the regime

• Number and name of the variety registered

• Requirements depending on the regime

When GR (plant variety) is registered

GR of non registered crops and wild relatives

R&D in emergencies (Art. 8b NP)

GR/ATK/

Derivatives?

Commercial purpose?

NP Simplified Regime

NP

Change of Intent?

NO

YES

Registration e-permit

YES

*Monitoring reports track change of intent

GOVERNMENTS

Authorized institutions

PIC

MAT

Permit

Expeditious access

PIC* Format

Written commit

ment

NFP Consultations /NCA permit processes

User country of origin

Consultations Permits granted

Sector

Germany 6

Austria 1

France 5

UK 2

Japan 2 1 Agriculture

USA 4 1 Agriculture

The Netherlands 2

National users 11

Spain 1 1 Cosmetic

Total 34 3

Vielen Dank

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Muito obrigado

Merci beaucoup

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非常感谢你

Muchas gracias

非常感谢你

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