Federal Negarit Gazeta
13th Year No. 13 ADDIS ABABA-27th February, 2006
Page 3359
PART THREE
CONDITION OF ACCESS
11. Requirement of Permit
1/
Without prejudice to the provisions of Sub-Article 2(a) of
Article 4 of this Proclamation, no person shall access genetic
resources or community knowledge unless in possession of
written access permit granted by the Institute based on prior
informed consent.
2/
Unless otherwise explicitly expressed, the granting of permit
to access genetic resources shall not be construed to
constitute permit to access the community knowledge
associated therewith and vice versa.
3/
Without prejudice to the provisions of Sub-Article 2(b) of
Article 4 of this Proclamation, no person shall export genetic
resources out of Ethiopia unless in possession of export
permit granted by the Institute to this effect.
4/
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-Article (1) of this
Article organs of the state which are empowered by law to
conserve genetic resources may not be required to obtain
access permit from the Institute to collect genetic resource or
community knowledge in the discharge of their duties;
provided however, that they may not transfer the genetic
resources or community knowledge to third persons or
export same out of Ethiopia unless they are given explicit
permit by the Institute, When collecting genetic resources
and community knowledge, employees of such institutions
must carry with them a letter to this effect.
12. Basic Pre-Conditions of Access
1/
Access to genetic resources shall be subject to the prior
informed consent of the Institute.
2/
Access to community knowledge shall be subject to the prior
informed consent of the concerned local community.